1. The category
Itemised in the export control catalogue.
2. The document
An export licence, applied for per transaction.
3. What it establishes
That the goods are controlled.
That the recipient is eligible to receive them.
4. The application
Documents
The contract, the technical specifications, the end-user statement.
Review
The authority examines the technical specification against the list entry.
5. The approval
A licence is granted for a defined quantity, value and consignee.
6. The scenario
An exporter submitted an application with a technical description that its engineers had written for a product brochure.
The description did not state the parameter that the catalogue entry referred to.
The application was returned for a technical description of the actual parameters.
7. The lesson
The technical description has to match the catalogue entry’s terms.
8. The preparation
Have the engineer write to the entry’s parameters, not the marketing description.
9. Closing view
Export control applications are technical documents.
Marketing language fails them.
*This article is based on China’s export control law and dual-use export licensing.*