The Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) will be undergoing system maintenance from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT) Tuesday, July 1st. Industry users may experience service degradation, interruptions, or limited application functionality within DECCS during this maintenance window.  If you experience any issues, please log back in after the maintenance window.

The Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) will be undergoing system maintenance from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM (EST) Friday, June 27^th. Industry users may experience service degradation, interruptions, or limited application functionality within DECCS during this maintenance window.  If you experience any issues, please log back in after the maintenance window.

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and the Department of State give notice that the attached Notifications of Proposed Commercial Export Licenses were submitted to the Congress on the dates indicated.

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and the Department of State give notice that the attached Notifications of Proposed Commercial Export Licenses were submitted to the Congress on the dates indicated.

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and the Department of State give notice that the attached Notifications of Proposed Commercial Export Licenses were submitted to the Congress on the dates indicated.

The Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) will be undergoing system maintenance from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT) Tuesday, April 29. Industry users may experience service degradation, interruptions, or limited application functionality within DECCS during this maintenance window.  If you experience any issues, please log back in after the maintenance window.

The Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) will be undergoing system maintenance from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT) Tuesday, April 22. Industry users may experience service degradation, interruptions, or limited application functionality within DECCS during this maintenance window.  If you experience any issues, please log back in after the maintenance window.

Pay.gov will be unavailable on Saturday, March 29, 2025, from 6:00 to 10:00 PM (EDT) to release version 8.8.1 of the application. This outage will affect users paying their Registration fees during this window. Please contact Pay.gov Customer Support with questions or concerns at (800) 624-1373, option 2, or email pay.gov.clev@clev.frb.org.

The Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) will be undergoing system maintenance from 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM (EDT) Friday, March 21. Industry users may experience service degradation, interruptions, or limited application functionality within DECCS during this maintenance window.  If you experience any issues, please log back in after the maintenance window.

The Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) team will be applying system updates from 5:30 to 6:00 PM (EST) Wednesday, March 5. Users may experience service degradation, interruptions, or limited application functionality within DECCS during this window.  

The Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) team will be applying system updates from 6:30 to 8:30 PM (EST) Wednesday, February 26th. Users may experience service degradation, interruptions, or limited application functionality within DECCS during this window.

The Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) will be undergoing system maintenance from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (ET) Thursday, February 20. Industry users may experience service degradation, interruptions, or limited application functionality within DECCS during this maintenance window.  If you experience any issues, please log back in after the maintenance window.

As of January 9, 2025, new registration fees and other amendments to part 122 made by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) in final rule 89 FR 99081, Dec. 10, 2024, are in effect. 

New Registrants 

Effective January 9, 2025, first-time registrants will pay the $3000 Tier 1 fee to register with DDTC. Website guidance on how to create a new registration. 

Registration Renewals 

Current registrations expiring on or after March 31, 2025, will be issued standard reminder notifications under the new fee structure included in the final rule. Website guidance on calculating your Registration Payment.  

ITAR Reorg I 

DDTC has updated its ITAR Reorg I – Redline document to reflect the changes made by this rule.  

• 87 FR 16396 - ITAR Reorg I – ITAR Redline 

The Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) team will be applying system updates from 6:00 to 8:00 AM (EST) Tuesday, January 28th. Users may experience service degradation, interruptions, or limited application functionality within DECCS during this window.  

The Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) will be applying system updates from 6:00 to 8:00 AM (EST) Tuesday, January 21st. Users may experience service degradation, interruptions, or limited application functionality within DECCS during this window.  

The Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) will be undergoing system maintenance starting Saturday, January 18th through the 19th. Industry users may experience service degradation, interruptions, or limited application functionality within DECCS during this maintenance window.  If you experience any issues, please log back in after the maintenance window.

On January 17, 2025, the Department of State published an interim final rule in the Federal Register that, after a 240-day delayed effective date, will amend §§ 121.0 and 121.1 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by revising certain U.S. Munitions List (USML) definitions, adding new definitions, and revising certain parts of USML Categories II, IV, V, VII through XIV, and XIX through XXI.

This rule will remove certain Controlled Reception Pattern Antennas for Position, Navigation, and Timing from paragraph (c)(10) of USML Category XI, to facilitate civil global navigation resiliency.

These amendments will take effect 240 days after publication, on September 15, 2025.

In addition to accepting public comment on these USML revisions, the Department is also asking specific questions in the Request for Comments section of the rule’s preamble.  The comment period will be open for 60 days after publication.  Interested parties may submit comments by March 18, 2025, using one of the methods described in the interim final rule.

Consistent with prior revisions of USML categories, additional guidance that addresses specific licensing scenarios is available in the General Guidance section of the Licenses, Agreements, and Other Authorizations page under the Conduct Business section of the DDTC website.

Read the interim final rule at 90 FR 5594.

On January 10, 2025, the Department of State published a final rule to adjust the civil monetary penalties at section 127.10 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) as part of a larger rule amending penalties for all regulatory provisions maintained and enforced by the Department of State.  ITAR section 127.10(a)(1)(i) through (iii) providing maximum penalties under sections 38 (22 U.S.C. 2778), 39A (22 U.S.C. 2779a), and 40 (22 U.S.C. 2780) of the AECA, respectively, are adjusted for inflation in accordance with the December 2024 guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB M-25-02). The revised amounts for violations of those sections will apply to those penalties assessed on or after January 10, 2025, regardless of the date on which the underlying facts or violations occurred.

• 90 FR 1866, Jan. 10, 2025

DDTC has updated its ITAR Reorg I – Redline document to reflect amended section 127.10. 

87 FR 16396 - ITAR Reorg I – ITAR Redline

The Federal government will be closed on Thursday, January 9th, in observance of the National Day of Mourning for President Carter. The DDTC Response Team and DDTC Help Desk will reopen Friday, January 10th, at 8:00 a.m. (EST). Due to the closure and depending on volume of inquires received, responses to support requests and processing of classified provisos for delivery may be delayed.

On December 10, 2024, the Department of State published a final rule (89 FR 99081), regarding changes to the three tiers of Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) registration fees. The new regulation will go into effect on January 9, 2025.

New Registrants

Effective January 9, 2025, first-time registrants will pay the $3000 Tier 1 fee to register with DDTC. Website guidance on how to create a new registration.

Registration Renewals                   

For registrations scheduled for renewal, DDTC will continue to send the standard e-mail reminder notifications (90 and 30 days prior to expiration) requesting registrants to log into the Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) to view the renewal fee and begin the renewal application. Website guidance on how to renew a registration.

Current registrations expiring on or after March 31, 2025, will be issued standard reminder notifications under the new fee structure included in the final rule.

Registrants issued 90-day reminder notifications with the fee structure under the prior regulation may pay the amount listed in DECCS under DDTC’s prior fee structure.  

The final rule’s revised registration fees are as follows.

(1) Tier 1: The first tier is a set registration fee of $3,000 per year. This new registration fee amount applies to first time registrants. It also applies to those renewing registrations and for whom the Department did not issue a favorable determination on a license application or other request for authorization during the 12-month period ending 90 days prior to the expiration of the current registration.

The Tier 1 registration fee also applies to registrants who are wholly exempt from income tax pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), such as non-profit organizations. Such registrants must attach proof of tax-exempt status (for example, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) certification form) for the registration fee to be reduced to a Tier 1 amount. The IRS certification must apply to all entities, subsidiaries, and affiliates listed in the registration submission.

(2) Tier 2: The second tier is a set registration fee of $4,000 for registrants renewing their registrations who have submitted license applications or other requests for authorization and received five or fewer favorable determinations during the 12-month period ending 90 days prior to the expiration of their current registration.

(3) Tier 3: The third tier is a calculated registration fee for registrants who have submitted license applications or other requests for authorization and received more than five favorable determinations during the 12-month period ending 90 days prior to the expiration of their current registration. For these registrants, the registration fee calculation is $4,000 plus $1,100 times the total number of favorable determinations over five.

For potential discounts for Tier 1 or Tier 3 registrants, see below.

All registration payments must be completed electronically, through the DECCS Registration application. Once DDTC reviews and issues the registration submission, a “Make Payment” button will appear on your DECCS Registration dashboard.

DDTC recommends all registrants frequently check their DECCS Registration payment portal and email regarding their registration’s payment status. For more guidance on how to make a registration payment, accepted payment methods, and payment status, review the Registration User Guides.

DDTC will continue to update its public website with more information on the new registration fees. For additional questions on the new registration fees, please contact the DDTC Response Team at DDTCCustomerService@state.gov.

Tier 1 Discount

DDTC is instituting a one-year initiative for qualifying Tier 1 registrants who may petition DDTC for a $500 discount, for a total registration fee of $2,500.

To qualify, Tier 1 registrants must provide some form of proof that $3,000 constitutes 1 percent or more of their total revenue for the last calendar year.  DDTC does not prescribe a certain set of documents for this purpose. Examples may include relevant documentation, or a signed attestation (subject to penalties under law for submitting a false statement) by a senior officer empowered by the registrant stating that $3000 constitutes 1 percent or more of their total revenue for the registrant’s last calendar year. Registrants who do not provide sufficient proof in the form of documentation or attestation may not receive the discount. DDTC will make efforts to contact those who have requested the discount, but who did not provide sufficient proof.

For purposes of this discount, “total revenue” is the total amount of income and is not limited to sales of ITAR controlled defense articles. Applicants must submit a discount request at least 30 calendar days prior to expiration of their current registration term. Such requests are encouraged to be made well in advance of 30 days to allow DDTC to review the request, and to contact the requestor if necessary or if sufficient proof was not provided.

At the end of the one-year pilot period the Department will assess the impact of the initiative and consider an extension of the special consideration initiative.

Tier 3 Discount

The Department is maintaining its 3% Total License Value discount for Tier 3 registrants.  If the registration fee calculated using the Tier 3 formula listed is greater than 3 percent of the total value of all approvals, the registration fee will be revised to either 3 percent of the total value of all applications or $4,000, whichever is greater.