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Commodity Jurisdiction

The purpose of a commodity jurisdiction (CJ) request is to determine whether an item or service is covered by the U.S. Munitions List (USML) and therefore subject to export controls administered by the U.S. Department of State pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). If after reviewing the USML and other relevant parts of the ITAR, in particular ITAR §120.3 and §120.4, you are unsure of the export jurisdiction of an item or service, you should request a CJ determination.

Effective September 3, 2010 DDTC-Policy will no longer accept paper submissions of Commodity Jurisdiction requests. After this date all submissions must be made electronically via EFS utilizing the DS-4076 Commodity Jurisdiction Request Form. For information on submitting CJs electronically please refer to the instructions provided on this website.

CJ Team Notes:

1. COMMODITY JURISDICTION (CJ) REQUESTS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED IN DTRADE.

2. APPLICANTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED WITH DDTC TO SUBMIT AN CJ REQUEST PER 22 CFR 120.4(b).

3. Electronic Submission: DDTC is now processing CJ requests using an open net, web based application system. Applicants are now able to submit CJ requests through an on-line application using the DS-4076 Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) Request Form with attachments for other relevant data. Please use the link below to download the DS-4076 form. You will need to save the form to a local drive, then fill it out and add any attachments including the signature page, which must be printed, signed, and scanned into the form as an attachment.

4. Returned Without Action (RWA) CJ Requests: In the event you have submitted a CJ request and have received a notice from DDTC indicating it has been RWA, we ask that any resubmission include the additional information requested in the RWA notice. We recommend that you include the DDTC RWA letter as an attachment to your new CJ submission. Your resubmission will be processed as a new CJ request and should be submitted accordingly as a new DS-4076.

Reference

• Commodity Jurisdiction
• U.S. Department of State DDTC