22 CFR § 120.51 - Reexport.

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title: "22 CFR § 120.51 - Reexport."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "120.51"
section_name: "Reexport."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS"
part_number: "120"
part_name: "PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a, 2752, 2753, 2776, 2778, 2779, 2779a, 2785, 2794, 2797; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 223."
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# 120.51 Reexport.

(a) *Reexport,* except as set forth in § 120.54 or § 126.16 or § 126.17 of this subchapter, means:

(1) An actual shipment or transmission of a defense article from one foreign country to another foreign country, including the sending or taking of a defense article to or from such countries in any manner;

(2) Releasing or otherwise transferring technical data to a foreign person who is a citizen or permanent resident of a country other than the foreign country where the release or transfer takes place (a deemed reexport); or

(3) Transferring registration, control, or ownership of any aircraft, vessel, or satellite subject to this subchapter between foreign persons.

(b) Any release outside the United States of technical data to a foreign person is deemed to be a reexport to all countries in which the foreign person has held or holds citizenship or holds permanent residency.