Do I need an export license to buy datacenter GPUs from the US?
It depends on where the units are delivered and where your company and its ultimate parent are headquartered. The rules are the same for every seller in the United States; what differs is who does the work. Gatewell handles all US export compliance on every order, domestic or export.
Where a license is required
The accelerators, systems and racks in this section are advanced computing items under US export rules. A US export license is required for deliveries to China, Macau and Hong Kong, to Russia, Belarus, Iran, Syria, Cuba and North Korea, and to a set of further destinations that includes Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and the other Central Asian states. A license is also required, wherever the units are delivered, when the buyer or its ultimate parent is headquartered in China, Macau or another destination in the same group.
Deliveries to the United States, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, India, Israel, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines need no license for these items today.
What the checkout does
The checkout tells you before you submit. A destination that needs a license shows the notice, and the order proceeds: we prepare the application after payment, nothing ships before the license issues, and a denied license means a full refund. Six embargoed or sanctioned destinations show a contact notice instead of a cart. Every other destination that needs a license checks out and pays, is screened before anything ships, and is refunded in full if it does not clear. The checkout also asks for the headquarters country of your company and of its ultimate parent, because that answer sets the license position on its own.
The end-use statement
A signed end-use and end-user statement, on the form we provide after order, is required before shipment. The form follows the published US government due diligence guidance for advanced computing items: your company's legal name and role, what the items are for, the delivery and installation address, and the headquarters of your company and its ultimate parent.
What Gatewell does on the US side
Classification of every item before it is listed, screening of every buyer and its owners, the license application where one is needed, the export filing on every international shipment, and the records the rules require. Buyers are responsible for meeting import requirements and obtaining any needed authorizations at destination.
Questions
My company is in the UAE. Can I order?
Yes. We ship to the United Arab Emirates under all US export control requirements once the end user is identified and the order conforms to US export rules.
Does a domestic US delivery need anything?
No license. Every order, domestic included, is still screened the same way.
Does a used or refurbished GPU change the answer?
No. A used or refurbished item is treated exactly as a new one under US export rules.
Who applies for the license?
We prepare the application on the buyer's information after payment and file it with the US government. The buyer supplies the end-use statement and answers the questions the application asks.
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