9B001 Category 9B

Manufacturing equipment, tooling or fixtures, as follows (See List of Items Controlled).

Category 9: Aerospace and Propulsion

Reasons for control

NS: National security
MT: Missile technology
AT: Anti-terrorism

Country chart

Control	Column
AT applies to entire entry	AT 1
MT applies to equipment for engines controlled under 9A001 for MT reasons and for engines controlled under 9A101	MT 1
NS applies to entire entry	NS 1

List-based license exceptions

Exception	As stated in the entry
GBS	Yes, except N/A for MT
LVS	$5000, except N/A for MT

Items

a. Directional solidification or single crystal casting equipment designed for “superalloys”;
b. Casting tooling, “specially designed” for manufacturing gas turbine engine blades, vanes or “tip shrouds”, manufactured from refractory metals or ceramics, as follows:
b.1. Cores;
b.2. Shells (moulds);
b.3. Combined core and shell (mould) units;
c. Directional-solidification or single-crystal additive-manufacturing equipment designed for “superalloys”.

Related controls

For “specially designed” production equipment of systems, sub-systems, “parts” and “components” controlled by 9A005 to 9A009, 9A011, 9A101, 9A105 to 9A109, 9A111, and 9A116 to 9A119 usable in “missiles” see 9B115. See also 9B991.

Source: eCFR, version 2026-08-01, retrieved 2026-08-20T04:04:59+00:00.