ITAR & EAR Export Compliance

What Is the Difference Between a Defense Export License and an Agreement?

A defense export license basically covers items like hardware, software, and data and consist of a few different types – permanent export, temporary export, temporary import, etc. Agreements cover assistance to a foreign nation on a given defense subject and fall into two categories – Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA) and Manufacturing License Agreements (MLA). Give…

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How Can Excelerate Help Me?

Easy answer – we are international business experts with an emphasis in the defense market so any company looking to do international high tech business can benefit from our expertise. Defense licensing, commerce exports, business cultures, brokering, development support, international marketing, and contacts…just to name a few. Our business focus is for small to medium…

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Is Defense Export Licensing Difficult to Do?

By itself, no, but it is truly experienced based with a significant learning curve. Also, there are many positive benefits to breaking your international business out separately if you operate a cleared facility. We advise companies, that if they plan to do a high volume of defense exporting it may be advantageous to have someone…

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Which Countries Are the Most Difficult to Obtain an Export License?

This is a common but difficult question to answer since it all depends on what you are exporting and who the end user is and what the end user will be. Just give us a call, and we can help answer that question. Of course, the embargoed countries listed on the government website are an…

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How Long Does a Defense License Take to Process?

This is the winner for the most asked question, and the standard reply is that the license will take a minimum of one month for non-staffed applications and a minimum of two months for staffed applications. Most Excelerate applications are staffed since the majority of our licenses processed are Significant Military Equipment and high tech…

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