In the January 9, 2002 Federal Register, the Office of Defense Trade Controls (ODTC) amended the International Traffic in Arms Regulations by removing Tajikistan and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) from the list of proscribed countries in section 126.1 of the ITAR. This means it is no longer ODTC policy to deny licenses and agreements for these two countries and you may use license exemptions for these two countries. It also means that you no longer need ODTC approval for sending proposals (unless, of course, the proposals contain controlled technical data or the proposals are the type that require prior approval or notice for non-proscribed countries). ODTC also amended the ITAR to change the proscribed country “Zaire” to “the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)”.
The proscribed countries are: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Vietnam, Burma, China, Haiti, Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo.