Taking binoculars and spotting scopes out of United States
Consumer binoculars and optics may be exported from United States freely at personal-use quantities.
Details
Personal-use consumer binoculars and optics may be taken out of United States without export formalities. Standard consumer optics face no export controls. Military-specification optics and image-intensifier devices fall under dual-use export-control lists instead.
Quantity limits
Personal-use quantities
The other direction
Bringing binoculars and spotting scopes into United States(allowed)
Sources
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