Shipping Explosives

This publication is for information purposes only and is not a directive. It contains information on the requirements for shipping explosives in and out of the United States, and the documents needed to submit an application for a Competent Authority Approval (CAA) of a country-specific EX-number from the US Department of Transportation (USDOT). This publication contains sample documents for the FMS customer to use as a guide in preparing the CAA application. These sample documents incorporate the most current information available to the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM) regarding the application by foreign partners for a country-specific EX-number from the USDOT to import explosives into the United States. Although the samples were developed for the fictitious country of Bandaria, they are based on actual documents and, where possible, created in the actual computer systems. Readers should be aware that this is an academic document. It does not set policy, precedent or procedures; it merely describes them as an aid to understanding. The source materials can and do change, often in significant ways, soon after this package goes to print.