Is There an EAR Registration? What Exporters Must Register, and What They Don't

The short answer

There is no general EAR registration: the Export Administration Regulations let a U.S. company export without registering with BIS. The registrations that exist follow what you do. ITAR registration with DDTC under 22 CFR Part 122 covers anyone manufacturing, exporting or temporarily importing U.S. Munitions List defense articles, even a manufacturer that never exports, from $3,000 a year. A BIS SNAP-R account (a CIN) is needed only to submit license or classification requests, and an ACE exporter account only to file your own EEI. A manufacturer shipping 120 EAR99 orders a month through a forwarder may need none.

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In this post
  1. Is there an EAR registration?
  2. Do I need to register under the EAR to export?
  3. Which export registrations and accounts actually exist?
  4. Who has to register with DDTC under the ITAR?
  5. How much does DDTC registration cost?
  6. How do you get a SNAP-R account and a CIN?
  7. Do you need an ACE account to file EEI?
  8. Where does GingerControl's Export Control Classifier fit?
  9. Putting the registration map into your export file
  10. References

I'm Chen Cui, co-founder of GingerControl. We built GingerControl's Export Control Classifier, which returns one ECCN or EAR99 for a product, and building it meant writing down what that result decides and what it leaves to the exporter. Registration is one of the things it leaves. This post is for two readers who hear the same question: the export compliance manager at a manufacturer with 6,000 SKUs whose distributor wants an "EAR registration number", and the forwarder filing 300 EEI a month whose small-exporter clients ask whether they must register with BIS.

This post covers which registrations and filing accounts exist (DDTC registration, the BIS SNAP-R CIN and the ACE exporter account, plus the encryption report and CBP Form 5106 that get mistaken for them), who needs each and how to get them. It is not about deciding whether an item is ITAR or EAR; that order of review is in ITAR vs EAR: which applies. It is not about building the program around them, which is in building an export compliance program, or about hiring help for DDTC filings, which is in do you need an ITAR consultant.

Is there an EAR registration?

No. The EAR contain no requirement for an exporter to register with the Bureau of Industry and Security before exporting. The only BIS sign-up in the regulations is for filing electronically: 15 CFR 748.7 sets out "procedures for registering to submit electronic documents to BIS", which means license applications, classification requests and License Exception AGR notifications (15 CFR 748.7) [5].

The phrase "EAR registration" also has a second, unrelated meaning. In Germany, stiftung ear, which describes itself as "Your authority for implementing ElektroG & Batteries Law", runs the WEEE and battery registrations for electrical equipment producers (stiftung ear) [12]. If a German distributor asks whether you are "EAR registered", check which EAR they mean before answering.

Do I need to register under the EAR to export?

No. A U.S. company can export an item subject to the EAR without registering with any export agency, as long as the item, destination, party and end use need no license or a license exception applies. Registration only enters when you take one of three actions, each with its own agency:

  • You make or export U.S. Munitions List items, or furnish defense services: register with the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) under the ITAR [1].
  • You need to file with BIS (a license application, a classification request or an AGR notification): open a SNAP-R account and get a Company Identification Number (CIN) [5].
  • You choose to file your own Electronic Export Information (EEI) in AESDirect: open an ACE exporter account [8].

The decision runs in that order, because the first answer can make the other two irrelevant or necessary.

Which export registration you need depends on what you do, not what you shipSettle jurisdiction first, then each registration follows from one action
  1. Settle jurisdictionIs the item on the USML (ITAR) or subject to the EAR?
  2. DDTC registrationOnly if you manufacture, export or temporarily import USML items, or furnish defense services
  3. SNAP-R CINOnly if you will file a BIS license, classification request or AGR notice
  4. ACE exporter accountOnly if you file your own EEI in AESDirect
  5. Agent files the EEIWritten authorization to your forwarder; no export-agency account needed

Quotable insight: Export registrations attach to what a company does, not to what it ships. DDTC registration is triggered by a single occasion of manufacturing a USML item, even with zero exports. A BIS SNAP-R account is triggered only by wanting to file something with BIS. An ACE exporter account is triggered only by choosing to file your own EEI. An exporter of EAR99 goods shipping No License Required, whose forwarder files the EEI, needs none of the three.

Which export registrations and accounts actually exist?

Four registrations and accounts cover almost every question a U.S. exporter gets, and only one of them, DDTC registration, is a legal status with a fee. The table sets them side by side, with the identifier a customer or prime might ask for.

Registration or accountAgencyWho needs itRuleCostWhat it is not
DDTC registration (Statement of Registration, DS-2032)State Department, DDTCAnyone in the U.S. in the business of manufacturing, exporting or temporarily importing USML defense articles or furnishing defense services; brokers under Part 12922 CFR 122.1$3,000 to $4,000 a year, plus $1,100 per approval over fiveNot an export license; "does not confer any export rights or privileges"
SNAP-R account and CINCommerce, BISAnyone filing a BIS license application, classification request or AGR notification15 CFR 748.7No fee for license applications (50 U.S.C. 4815(c))Not a registration to export; not needed for NLR shipments
ACE exporter account (AESDirect)CBP's ACE, for Census AES filingA USPPI or agent that files its own EEI in AESDirect15 CFR 30.2(c)AESDirect is free (Census)Not needed when your agent files for you
CBP importer identity (Form 5106)CBPImporters, with the first formal entry19 CFR 24.5None statedAn import record, not an export registration

One more filing gets mistaken for a registration. Exporters of certain encryption items self-classified under License Exception ENC send BIS an annual self-classification report, due by February 1 for the prior calendar year (15 CFR 740.17) [10]; it is a report, not a registration. The CBP Form 5106 importer record in the table [11] is covered in who can file CBP Form 5106.

Bottom line: For an export compliance manager at a manufacturer with 6,000 mostly EAR99 SKUs, the answer to "are you registered?" is usually "with nobody, and we don't need to be": the EIN on the EEI, an ECCN or EAR99 per item, and NLR or a license number per shipment are what the documents carry. DDTC registration enters only if one of the products is on the USML.

Who has to register with DDTC under the ITAR?

Anyone who engages in the United States in the business of manufacturing, exporting or temporarily importing defense articles, or furnishing defense services, must register with DDTC, and one occasion is enough. 22 CFR 122.1(a) says engaging in the business "requires only one occasion" and adds: "A manufacturer who does not engage in exporting must nevertheless register" (22 CFR 122.1) [1].

What the rule covers, and what it leaves out:

SituationRegister with DDTC?Rule
U.S. machine shop making a USML part to a prime's drawings, never exportingYes122.1(a)
U.S. firm assisting foreign persons in the design, repair or use of defense articlesYes, a defense service122.1(a), 120.32
Firm producing only unclassified technical dataNo, but it cannot get a license unless registered122.1(b)(2)
Fabrication solely for experimental or scientific purposes, including R&DNo, same license caveat122.1(b)(4)
Broker arranging defense-article transactions for othersYes, under Part 129129.3(a)
Customs broker or freight forwarder whose work does not go beyond customs brokering or forwardingNo broker registration129.3(b)(2)
Maker of CCL items only, including 600-series itemsNo; these are under the EAR122.1(a), 748.1(d)

A defense service, under 22 CFR 120.32, is assistance to foreign persons, in the United States or abroad, in the design, engineering, manufacture, repair or use of defense articles, or giving them ITAR technical data [3]. Consulting given only to U.S. persons falls outside that definition, but one foreign-national engineer on the client team can bring it back in.

The registration statement is the DS-2032, filed under the electronic instructions on the DDTC website (DDTC's online portal is DECCS). It must be signed by a U.S. person senior officer, show the company is incorporated or authorized to do business in the United States, and certify whether the company is foreign owned or controlled (22 CFR 122.2) [1]. A U.S. company registered as a manufacturer or exporter can list its brokering subsidiaries in that same statement instead of filing a separate broker registration (129.3(d)) [2].

Two follow-on duties catch registrants later. Changes in name, address, ownership, senior officers or defense-related subsidiaries are due to DDTC in writing within five days, and an intended sale or transfer of ownership or control to a foreign person needs at least 60 days' notice (22 CFR 122.4) [1]. Registrants also keep their ITAR records for five years from the expiration of the license or other approval (22 CFR 122.5).

For the forwarder reading this: the Part 129 exemption is narrow. It covers "persons exclusively in the business of financing, insuring, transporting, customs brokering, or freight forwarding, whose activities do not extend beyond" those services (129.3(b)(2)) [2]. A forwarder that also solicits or negotiates defense-article deals for a client has stepped outside it.

How much does DDTC registration cost?

DDTC registration costs $3,000 a year at Tier 1, $4,000 at Tier 2, and $4,000 plus $1,100 for every favorable determination over five at Tier 3, under the fee schedule in effect since January 9, 2025 (22 CFR 122.3) [1]. The tier depends on how many license applications or other requests DDTC approved for you in the 12 months ending 90 days before your registration expires: none (or a new registrant) is Tier 1, one to five is Tier 2, more than five is Tier 3.

The final rule raised the fees "for the first time in fifteen years", and the State Department said the Tier 1 base fee "represents a 33.1 percent increase from the prior Tier 1 fee" (89 FR 99081, December 10, 2024) [4]. The rule also confirmed that "registrants who do not export fall within Tier 1 and pay the base fee of $3,000."

Worked from the 122.3 formula, a registrant with 30 approvals in the measuring year pays $31,500, more than ten times the Tier 1 fee.

Each DDTC approval beyond five adds $1,100 to next year's registration feeWorked example: annual fee by favorable determinations in the 12 months ending 90 days before expiry, before any discount

Source: 22 CFR 122.3, eCFR current to November 3, 2026; fee schedule effective January 9, 2025

See the data
Favorable determinationsAnnual registration fee
None (Tier 1)$3,000
1 to 5 (Tier 2)$4,000
10 approvals (Tier 3)$9,500
20 approvals (Tier 3)$20,500
30 approvals (Tier 3)$31,500

Three adjustments sit on top of the schedule. Brokers registered only under Part 129 pay the Tier 1 fee regardless of approvals (129.8(b)(1)) [2]. DDTC lists discounts for 501(c)(3) registrants and for low-value Tier 3 exporters on its website, and a Tier 3 fee above 3 percent of the value of the year's approvals can be reduced to 3 percent or $4,000, whichever is greater [4].

Renewal is annual. Submit it at least 30 days but no earlier than 60 days before expiry; DDTC sends the fee notice at least 60 days ahead. A registrant that lets registration lapse and later registers again pays fees for the part of the gap in which it kept doing ITAR business (22 CFR 122.2(d) to (f)) [1].

How do you get a SNAP-R account and a CIN?

You request a Company Identification Number on the SNAP-R registration page, and the person who submits it becomes the company's account administrator. 15 CFR 748.1(d) requires license applications, AGR notifications and classification requests to go through SNAP-R unless BIS authorizes paper forms (748.1) [5], so the CIN is the first step before any of those. BIS's SNAP-R FAQ (July 2026) gives the rest [6]:

  1. Check whether you already have one. "If your firm/company has ever had a CIN, you will need to recover access to it. Do not attempt to create a replacement one." BIS also notes that any company that has submitted an application to BIS already has a CIN on file.
  2. Request the CIN. BIS asks for the principal party's name, a physical address ("P.O. boxes are not acceptable"), a contact phone and email, and the company's EIN if it will apply as the exporter, unless it files as an individual or as an agent.
  3. Activate the first user. The first user is "instructed on how to activate a user account while obtaining the CIN via email". Sign-in uses multi-factor authentication through an emailed code.
  4. Add a second administrator. Administrators add and remove users and keep the company's details current (748.7(c) and (f)). BIS calls more than one administrator a best practice "to help avoid losing access to the CIN account".
  5. If a forwarder or consultant files for you, they file as a Third Party submitter and must set up a Trusted Third Party relationship in SNAP-R.

If the only administrator leaves, the CIN holder sends BIS a letter on company letterhead, signed by an empowered official, naming the new administrators and users [6]. The address in the eCFR, snapr.bis.doc.gov/registration, now redirects to snapr.bis.gov (checked November 5, 2026). There is no BIS license fee: the Export Control Reform Act says "No fee may be charged in connection with the submission, processing, or consideration of any application for a license" (50 U.S.C. 4815(c)) [7], and neither 748.7 nor the SNAP-R FAQ mentions a fee to register.

This section stops at the account. How long SNAP-R licenses take once filed is in BIS SNAP-R license approval timelines, and when to ask BIS for a formal classification (a CCATS) is in how to find your ECCN number.

Do you need an ACE account to file EEI?

Only if you file the EEI yourself. 15 CFR 30.2(c) says a USPPI or agent filing through AESDirect "shall complete an online ACE Exporter Account Application", and all its users agree to the AES Certification Statements before filing; filers using their own software or a service center submit a Letter of Intent to CBP and may need a two-part communication test (15 CFR 30.2) [8].

If your forwarder files, you need neither. The Census Bureau's AES FAQ, last updated October 13, 2026, says: "You do not need to register or submit an LOI if you authorize your agent to file on your behalf; but you must provide them with the proper written authorization to file on your behalf" (Census AES and AESDirect FAQ) [9]. The identifier on the filing is your IRS Employer Identification Number, reported as the USPPI identification number (15 CFR 30.6) [8].

For a self-filer, Census describes the path: complete the ACE Exporter Form, receive an account ID and temporary password by email, create the login on the ACE website, then open the Exporter account and choose "Submit AES Filing" to launch AESDirect [9]. Census calls the ACE AESDirect portal "a free web application available to everyone" (Census AES introduction) [9]. Many small shipments need no EEI at all: the $2,500 per Schedule B number exemption in 15 CFR 30.37(a) is explained in our Schedule B classification guide.

The authorization question matters more than the account. Who files, and who stays responsible, when a foreign buyer's forwarder files the EEI is a separate problem, covered in routed exports and who files the EEI.

Where does GingerControl's Export Control Classifier fit?

It answers the item question that every registration decision above depends on, and nothing more. GingerControl's Export Control Classifier, part of the GingerLite app, reads your datasheet or spec, narrows the Commerce Control List (Categories 0 to 9) to one ECCN, or returns EAR99 when no entry applies, and writes a research report your export counsel can check. For the manufacturer with 6,000 SKUs, that report is the record behind "ECCN: 3A991" or "EAR99" when a distributor asks.

What it does not do decides how to use it here. It works under the EAR and the CCL only and does not cover the ITAR or the U.S. Munitions List, so it does not tell you whether a part is a defense article or whether you must register with DDTC; that jurisdiction call stays with your team and counsel. It has no API, does not screen parties or end uses, and does not decide licenses. GingerControl does not register anyone with DDTC, open SNAP-R or ACE accounts, file EEI or apply for licenses. EAR99 itself, and when an EAR99 item still needs a license, is in EAR99 explained; the map of ECCNs and the CCL is in ECCN classification and the Commerce Control List and export control basics.

For manufacturers that export at scale, GingerOS is GingerControl's AI trade compliance platform that runs on your process: it watches new rules and changes in your ERP, PLM and supplier records, rechecks export control for each part a change touches, and records the reasoning for a named person's approval. See how GingerOS runs on your process.

Putting the registration map into your export file

Most exporters asked for an "EAR registration" need to send a classification, not a certificate. GingerControl's Export Control Classifier reads your datasheet, narrows the Commerce Control List to one ECCN, or EAR99 when no entry applies, and writes a report your export counsel can check; it works under the EAR and does not cover ITAR. Find the ECCN in your datasheet

References

  1. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 22 CFR Part 122 (Registration of manufacturers and exporters)
    Data cited: Registration requirement, one occasion, non-exporting manufacturers, exemptions and purpose (122.1); DS-2032, signer, U.S. incorporation, foreign ownership certification, annual renewal 30 to 60 days before expiry, lapse fees (122.2); Tier 1 $3,000, Tier 2 $4,000, Tier 3 $4,000 plus $1,100 per favorable determination over five (122.3); five-day change notice and 60-day notice before foreign transfer (122.4); five-year records (122.5).
    Source: 22 CFR Part 122
    Published: eCFR current to November 3, 2026; Part 122 last amended January 2025; checked November 5, 2026
  2. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 22 CFR Part 129 (Registration and licensing of brokers)
    Data cited: Broker registration requirement and the exemption for persons exclusively in financing, insuring, transporting, customs brokering or freight forwarding (129.3(a), (b)(2)); brokers listed in a Part 122 registration (129.3(d)); broker-only registration signed by a foreign senior officer and Tier 1 fee for brokers (129.8).
    Source: 22 CFR 129.3 and 22 CFR 129.8
    Published: eCFR current to November 3, 2026; checked November 5, 2026
  3. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 22 CFR 120.32 (Defense service)
    Data cited: Defense service means assistance to foreign persons in the design, engineering, manufacture, repair or use of defense articles, or furnishing them ITAR technical data.
    Source: 22 CFR 120.32
    Published: eCFR current to November 3, 2026; checked November 5, 2026
  4. Federal Register, International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Registration Fees (final rule, 89 FR 99081)
    Data cited: Effective January 9, 2025; fees raised for the first time in fifteen years; Tier 1 is a 33.1 percent increase; non-exporting registrants pay the $3,000 base fee; Tier 3 reduction to 3 percent of approval value or $4,000; DDTC website discounts.
    Source: 89 FR 99081, December 10, 2024 (govinfo)
    Published: December 10, 2024
  5. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 15 CFR 748.1(d) and 748.7
    Data cited: Electronic filing via SNAP-R required for license applications, AGR notifications and classification requests unless BIS authorizes paper; registration procedure for electronic submission; account administrator role; duty to keep information current.
    Source: 15 CFR 748.1 and 15 CFR 748.7
    Published: eCFR current to November 3, 2026 (748.7 last amended 2016); checked November 5, 2026
  6. Bureau of Industry and Security, SNAP-R Frequently Asked Questions
    Data cited: How to obtain a CIN; do not create a replacement CIN; information required (name, physical address, phone, email, EIN); first user becomes account administrator; email activation; multi-factor authentication; best practice of more than one administrator; account recovery letter; Trusted Third Party submitters.
    Source: BIS SNAP-R FAQ
    Published: PDF dated July 27, 2026; read November 5, 2026
  7. Export Control Reform Act, 50 U.S.C. 4815(c) (Fees)
    Data cited: No fee may be charged for the submission, processing or consideration of a license application or other request.
    Source: 50 U.S.C. 4815 (govinfo, 2023 edition)
    Published: U.S. Code 2023 edition; the August 19, 2025 amendment (Pub. L. 119-34) added subsection (e) and left (c) unchanged
  8. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 15 CFR Part 30 (Foreign Trade Regulations)
    Data cited: ACE Exporter Account Application and AES Certification Statements for AESDirect; Letter of Intent and certification for other methods (30.2(c)); EIN as the USPPI identification number (30.6); $2,500 per Schedule B exemption (30.37(a)).
    Source: 15 CFR 30.2, 15 CFR 30.6 and 15 CFR 30.37
    Published: eCFR current to November 3, 2026; checked November 5, 2026
  9. U.S. Census Bureau, AES and AESDirect FAQ; AES introduction
    Data cited: No registration or Letter of Intent needed when an authorized agent files; written authorization required; ACE Exporter Form and account set-up sequence; AESDirect is a free web application.
    Source: Census AES and AESDirect FAQ and Census AES introduction
    Published: FAQ last updated October 13, 2026; introduction page read November 5, 2026
  10. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 15 CFR 740.17 (License Exception ENC)
    Data cited: Annual encryption self-classification report due to BIS by February 1 for the prior calendar year.
    Source: 15 CFR 740.17
    Published: eCFR current to November 3, 2026; checked November 5, 2026
  11. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 19 CFR 24.5 (Filing identification number)
    Data cited: CBP Form 5106 filed with the first formal entry.
    Source: 19 CFR 24.5
    Published: eCFR current to November 3, 2026; checked November 5, 2026
  12. stiftung ear (Germany)
    Data cited: Self-description as the authority for implementing ElektroG and the Batteries Law; WEEE and battery registrations.
    Source: stiftung ear
    Published: read November 5, 2026

Questions people ask

A distributor asked for our EAR registration number, is there an EAR registration?

No. The EAR have no general registration, so there is no EAR registration number to give. A distributor asking for one usually needs something else: the ECCN or EAR99 for each item, the license number or NLR for the shipment, or your EIN as the USPPI on the EEI. A BIS CIN exists only if you have opened a SNAP-R account, and it identifies your company to BIS rather than authorizing anything.

We ship EAR99 and 3A991 parts through a forwarder, do I need to register under the EAR to export?

No. No EAR rule requires an exporter to register before shipping, and an EAR99 or 3A991 part that needs no license for its destination ships No License Required. If your forwarder files the EEI under your written authorization, Census says you do not need to register for AESDirect either. For a manufacturer shipping 120 orders a month this way, your identifier on the filing is the company's existing IRS EIN, reported as the USPPI.

We machine parts to a defense prime's drawings but never export them, when is ITAR registration required?

When the parts are defense articles on the U.S. Munitions List. 22 CFR 122.1(a) requires anyone in the United States in the business of manufacturing, exporting or temporarily importing defense articles, or furnishing defense services, to register with DDTC, and one occasion counts. The rule says a manufacturer that does not export must still register. If the drawings describe CCL items, including 600-series parts, those parts trigger no DDTC registration.

We give engineering advice to defense contractors, is consulting covered by ITAR registration?

It can be. Furnishing a defense service requires DDTC registration under 22 CFR 122.1(a), and 22 CFR 120.32 defines a defense service as assistance to foreign persons, in the United States or abroad, in the design, engineering, manufacture, repair or use of defense articles, or giving them ITAR technical data. Advice to a U.S. prime's U.S. engineers alone is not that definition, but foreign-national staff change the answer. Ask counsel before relying on it.

Our parent company is in Germany, can a foreign company get ITAR registration?

Not under Part 122 directly. Part 122 covers business done in the United States, and the registration statement must show the registrant is incorporated or authorized to do business in the United States. A U.S. subsidiary of a German parent registers and must disclose its foreign ownership. Foreign persons who broker defense articles have a separate route under Part 129, where a foreign senior officer may sign a broker-only registration.

We had 30 DDTC approvals last year, how much does DDTC registration cost now that the 2025 fees apply?

Since January 9, 2025, Tier 1 is $3,000 a year for new registrants and renewals with no favorable determinations in the measuring year; Tier 2 is $4,000 for one to five; Tier 3 is $4,000 plus $1,100 for each determination over five (22 CFR 122.3). A registrant with 30 approvals pays $31,500. Brokers registered only under Part 129 pay the Tier 1 fee. DDTC lists discounts for some low-value Tier 3 registrants and for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt registrants.

Our registration expires in two months, how do you renew DDTC registration, and what happens if it lapses?

Registration runs for one year and is renewed every year: submit the renewal at least 30 days but no earlier than 60 days before it expires, and DDTC sends the fee notice at least 60 days before expiry (22 CFR 122.2). If it lapses and you register again later, you pay the fees for any part of the gap in which you kept manufacturing or exporting defense articles. Key changes, such as ownership, are due within five days.

We need our first BIS license, how do we get a SNAP-R account and a CIN?

Request a Company Identification Number on the SNAP-R registration page at snapr.bis.gov with the company's legal name, a physical address (no P.O. box), a phone number, an email and, if you will apply as the exporter, its EIN. The person who submits becomes the account administrator and activates a user account from the email BIS sends. If the company ever had a CIN, recover it rather than creating a second one.

Our forwarder files our EEI, do we need an ACE exporter account for AESDirect?

No. The Census Bureau's AES FAQ, updated October 13, 2026, says you do not need to register or submit a Letter of Intent if you authorize your agent to file, though you must give the agent written authorization. You need an ACE exporter account only to file your own EEI in AESDirect, which Census describes as free. Software filers instead submit a Letter of Intent to CBP and may need certification.

Our prime asked if we are ITAR certified, what is the difference between ITAR registered and ITAR compliant?

ITAR registered means you filed a DDTC Statement of Registration and paid the fee; there is no government ITAR certification. Registration, the rule says, does not confer any export rights or privileges: it tells DDTC who you are and is generally a precondition for a license. Compliant means your licenses, records and controls meet the ITAR. A prime asking a 40-person machine shop for a certificate may want proof of registration, a written compliance attestation, or both.

We sell EAR99 parts and two possibly USML assemblies, DDTC registration vs EAR: which agency do we register with for which products?

Register with DDTC, the State Department, only for USML defense articles and defense services. Items on the Commerce Control List, EAR99 included, fall under BIS at Commerce, which has no registration; you open a SNAP-R account only to file license or classification requests. A manufacturer with 6,000 SKUs, two of them possibly USML, settles jurisdiction for those two first, because that decides whether any DDTC registration is needed.

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