31 CFR § 539.405 - Importation of goods or technology from third countries.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s539.405"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 539.405 - Importation of goods or technology from third countries."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "539.405"
section_name: "Importation of goods or technology from third countries."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "539"
part_name: "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION TRADE CONTROL REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 22 U.S.C. 2751-2799aa-2; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601-1651, 1701-1706; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13094, 63 FR 40803, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 200; E.O. 13382, 70 FR 38567, 3 CFR, 2005 Comp., p. 170."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 8716, Feb. 23, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "539"
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# 539.405 Importation of goods or technology from third countries.

Importation into the United States from third countries of goods or technology is prohibited if undertaken with knowledge or reason to know that those goods contain raw materials or components produced or provided by a designated foreign person or technology produced or provided by a designated foreign person.