EAR, definition of technology, which names computer-aided design files (15 CFR 772.1, definition of Technology and its Note 1)
Under the Export Administration Regulations, CAD files are technology in their own right, so their export, and their release to a foreign person in the United States, follows the controls on the item they describe.
Dated 29 Oct 2026Source checked 29 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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““Technology” may be in any tangible or intangible form, such as written or oral communications, blueprints, drawings, photographs, plans, diagrams, models, formulae, tables, engineering designs and specifications, computer-aided design files, manuals or documentation, electronic media or information revealed through visual inspection;”
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