{
  "node_id": "us-15-cfr-part-734-ear-scope-de-minimis-foreign-direct-product",
  "title": "15 CFR Part 734 Scope of the EAR",
  "domain": "Trade Compliance & Export Controls",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-26",
  "bluf": "15 CFR Part 734 defines the jurisdictional scope of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) administered by the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). Section 734.3 identifies the items subject to the EAR (all items in the United States, all US-origin items wherever located, and certain foreign-produced items by reason of de minimis US content or the Foreign-Direct-Product rules). Section 734.4 establishes the de minimis U.S. content rules: under paragraph (c) a 10 percent or less de minimis threshold applies for the most sensitive destinations and items, and under paragraph (d) a 25 percent or less de minimis threshold applies for most other destinations, requiring a controlled-content value calculation against the total value of the foreign-produced item. Section 734.9 sets out the Foreign-Direct Product (FDP) Rules that extend EAR jurisdiction to certain foreign-produced items that are the direct product of US-origin technology or software or are produced by a plant or major component of a plant that is itself the direct product of US-origin technology or software; the enumerated FDP rules include the National Security FDP rule, the 9x515 FDP rule, the 600 series FDP rule, the Entity List FDP rules, the Russia/Belarus/Crimea FDP rule, the Russia/Belarus-Military End User FDP rule, the Advanced Computing FDP rule, the Supercomputer FDP rule, the Iran FDP rule, the Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment FDP rule, and the AI model weights FDP rule. Section 734.13 defines Export (actual shipment or transmission out of the United States, releases of technology or source code to foreign persons, and deemed exports). Section 734.14 defines Reexport (actual shipment or transmission of an item subject to the EAR from one foreign country to another). Correct application of Part 734 determines whether a transaction is subject to the EAR at all and is the threshold gate before any classification, license, or license-exception analysis.",
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  "crosswalks": {
    "_available_keys": [
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      "industry_mapping",
      "ai_overlay_2026"
    ],
    "_note": "Full crosswalk values included in vault response"
  },
  "dependencies": [
    "us-15-cfr-part-736-ear-general-prohibitions-gp1-gp10",
    "us-15-cfr-part-744-ear-end-user-end-use-controls-entity-list",
    "ear-dual-use-export"
  ],
  "primary_citations_count": 7
}