---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1312.21"
title: "21"
number: "1312.21"
heading: "Requirement of authorization to export."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1312.21"
---

# §1312.21. Requirement of authorization to export.

- (a) No person shall in any manner export, or cause to be exported, from the United States any controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II, or any narcotic controlled substance listed in Schedule III or IV, or any non-narcotic controlled substance in Schedule III which the Administrator has specifically designated by regulation in [§ 1312.30](/cfr/21/1312.30.md) or any non-narcotic controlled substance in Schedule IV or V which is also listed in Schedule I or II of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971, unless and until such person is properly registered under the Act (or, in accordance with [part 1301](/cfr/21/part1301.md) of this chapter, exempt from registration) and the Administrator has issued him or her a permit to do so in accordance with [§ 1312.23](/cfr/21/1312.23.md).
- (b) No person shall in any manner export, or cause to be exported, from the United States any non-narcotic controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V, excluding those described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, or any narcotic controlled substance listed in Schedule V, unless and until such person is properly registered under the Act (or, in accordance with [part 1301](/cfr/21/part1301.md) of this chapter, exempt from registration) and has furnished an export declaration as provided by section 1003 of the Act ([21 U.S.C. 953(e)](/usc/21/953.md?p=e)) to the Administration in accordance with [§ 1312.28](/cfr/21/1312.28.md).
- (c) **A separate permit or declaration is required for each shipment of controlled substance to be exported.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 97029, Dec. 30, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 821, 871(b), 952, 953, 954, 957, 958.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7815, Apr. 24, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973.

### Amendments

[81 FR 97029, Dec. 30, 2016]