Goods · Dual-use · Category 1

Category 1: Special materials and related equipment

Advanced materials and the equipment to make them: composites, fibres, special alloys, chemicals, and toxic agents and their precursors.

Typical items in this category

  • carbon-fibre composites and prepregs
  • special alloys and metal powders
  • chemical precursors and biological agents

What decides: Material properties such as strength, temperature resistance, purity or particle size. A product is only listed if it meets the exact description and values of an entry.

How entries are numbered

Entries in this category start with 1, followed by a letter:

  • 1A — Systems, equipment and components
  • 1B — Test, inspection and production equipment
  • 1C — Materials
  • 1D — Software
  • 1E — Technology

How control numbers are built →

All categories

  1. 0Nuclear materials, facilities and equipment
  2. 1Special materials and related equipment
  3. 2Materials processing
  4. 3Electronics
  5. 4Computers
  6. 5Telecommunications and information security
  7. 6Sensors and lasers
  8. 7Navigation and avionics
  9. 8Marine
  10. 9Aerospace and propulsion

Sources

  1. [1]European Union: Regulation (EU) 2021/821 — EU dual-use regulation, Annex I (as amended by Delegated Regulation 2025/2003) (Annex I in force 15 Nov 2025).
  2. [2]Swiss Federal Council: Goods Control Ordinance (GKV), SR 946.202.1 — Annex 2 (dual-use goods) (status 1 Jul 2026).
  3. [3]Export Control Joint Unit (UK): UK Strategic Export Control Lists — consolidated list of strategic military and dual-use items (16 Dec 2025).
  4. [4]Bureau of Industry and Security (US): Classify your item (ECCN, Commerce Control List, EAR99).

General information on how export controls work — not legal advice and not an export-control classification. Classification needs the product's technical data; the official texts and the competent authority prevail.

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