Exporting - the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country. International trade is the exchange of goods and services across international boundaries or territories. In most countries, it represents a significant share of the Gross Domestic Product GDP. How an item is transported outside of the (Your country) does not matter in determining export license requirements. For example, an item can be sent by regular mail or hand-carried on an airplane. A set of schematics can be sent via facsimile to a foreign destination, software can be uploaded to or downloaded from an Internet site, or technology can be transmitted via e-mail or during a telephone conversation. Regardless of the method used for the transfer, the transaction is considered an export for export control purposes.
In the United States sn item is also considered an export even if it is leaving the United States temporarily, if it is leaving the United States but is not for sale, (e.g. a gift) or if it is going to a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary in a foreign country. Even a foreign-origin item exported from the United States, transmitted or transhipped through the United States, or being returned from the United States to its foreign country of origin is considered an export. Finally, release of technology or source code subject to the EAR (Export Administration Regulations) to a foreign national in the United States is "deemed" to be an export to the home country of the foreign national under the EAR.
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