What Can You Take with You Overseas?
Under the license exception for temporary export (TMP) you can take usual and reasonable kinds and quantities of tools of trade (commodities and software) for use by you or your employees in a lawful enterprise. The tools of trade must remain under your effective control or your employee's (you or your employee must retain physical possession of the item, lock it in hotel safe, or have it guarded). Encryption commodities and software may be pre-loaded on a laptop, handheld device or other computer or equipment. All tools of trade may accompany you departing from the US or may be shipped unaccompanied within one month before your departure from the US, or at any time after departure. All commodities and software must, if not consumed or destroyed in the normal course of authorized temporary use abroad, be returned as soon as practicable, but no later than one year after the date of export. No tools of trade may be taken to embargoed countries. A current list of embargoed countries is available. For additional information regarding the TMP "Tools of Trade" License Exception, reference 15 CFR Part 740.9(a)(2)(i).
Contact the Office of Research Administration for assistance with an internal analysis and documentation of TMP status by sending an email to export@research.uci.edu.
Prior to shipping or removing any University equipment from the campus, the user, department and Materiel Management must execute a University Property Leaving the Campus Form.
