The classification screen

4 questions before you choose the route.

This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.

01

Dual-use/control list hit?

Open live export-licence cluster.

Dual-use
02

Other catalogue export licence?

MOFCOM/GACC maps.

Catalogue
03

End-user docs ready?

Live how-to.

EUC
04

Does this issue require separate analysis?

Import licences.

Import

Working rule: China export licensing spans dual-use/export-control licences and other catalogue export permissions.

What changes the answer

The signal ledger.

These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.

Signal
Ask the operating question
Why it changes the route
Create a second dual-use related guide here
Do not.
Additional facts can change the Trade & Customs route, evidence and next step.
Ship first, licence later
Seizure risk.
Stop.
Ignore re-export rules
Overseas transfer overlays.
Live cluster.
Prepare before you escalate

Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.

Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.

01Control-list screening memoWhy licensed.
02Licence application fileIf any.
03End-user statementDestination.
Common confusions

Questions people ask before they build.

Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.

Why another export-licence URL?

Use the linked specialist resource when China Export Licences turns on detailed evidence, procedure or risk assessment.

Where is the apply how-to?

Use the linked specialist resource when China Export Licences turns on detailed evidence, procedure or risk assessment.

Primary authorities

Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.

General Administration of Customs (GACC)
Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)
National laws database (NPC)
SAMR