Firearms Export Control Reform (ECR) – Opportunities for International Retail Sales

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- For U.S. companies that sell, or want to sell, aftermarket firearm components to foreign retail customers, Export Control Reform (ECR) will significantly expand their opportunities starting sometime in early 2019.

Several features of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) severely constrain the international retail market today:

• Retailers must pay a $2,250 annual registration fee in to export firearms, components, or certain accessories.
• Shipments of more than $100 of firearm parts to foreign destinations require a license (the limit is $500 for Canada).
• There is no exemption at all for major firearm parts, defined under the ITAR as barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames), or complete breech mechanisms. Exports of these items always require a license.
• ITAR licenses cost $250 apiece, rendering most non-exempt retail sales uneconomical.
• ITAR licenses take too much time to prepare to be worthwhile for smaller sales.

These “facts of life” for the international retail market in U.S. firearm parts will change under ECR in ways that will open doors for U.S. sellers and their international customers:

• There will be no annual registration fee for exporters who solely export non-automatic or semi-automatic firearms or their components or accessories.
• The $100 worldwide exemption under …Read the Rest

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