This list is subject to change (Current as of March 2024).
Per the Export Administration Regulations (EAR; Category 1 – Materials, Chemicals, Microorganisms and Toxins, last updated 2023-11-17), a license will be required to export the following bioagents. Other export controls may apply for possession and use in the US.
Note: These Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) control all biological agents and toxins, regardless of quantity or attenuation, that are identified in the List of Items Controlled for the ECCN, including small quantities or attenuated strains of select biological agents and toxins that are excluded from the lists of select biological agents and toxins by APHIS, the CDC and HHS (7 CFR 331, 9 CFR 121, and 42 CFR 73).
For more information contact Export Controls and International Compliance at Oregon State.
$The following forms of ricin and saxitoxin are CWC Schedule 1 chemicals (see 742.18 of the EAR) and require a license for CW reasons to export and reexport to all destinations including Canada:
The US Government must provide advance notification and annual reports to the OPWC of all exports of Schedule 1 chemicals (see 745.1 of the EAR for notification procedures).
#While only saxitoxin is controlled on the CCL, other members of the paralytic shellfish poison family (e.g., neosaxitoxin) are designated EAR99 (see below).
Technical Notes:
As a result of recent changes to the CDC/APHIS list of Select Agents and Toxins, the following select agents that were formerly controlled by ECCN 1C360 are no longer listed on the CCL and are now classified as EAR99 instead:
Items designated as EAR99 may be exported using the license exception NLR, specifying no license required, as long ALL of the following criteria are met:
MULTIPLE Export Controls, INCLUDING an export license will be required to use or possess the following:
Category XIV: Toxicological Agents including Chemical, Biological Agents, and Associated Equipment
Additional items associated with, or specific to, the biological agents listed are also controlled under the ITAR including medical countermeasures (pre- and post-treatments, vaccines, antidotes, medical diagnostics); modeling or simulation tools; equipment, components, parts, accessories and attachments, exclusive of incinerators specifically designed/modified for the destruction of biological agents in paragraph (b); technical data and defense services.