Chips · export controls

1,110 Chinese entries sit on the US Entity List, 6.6 times 2017’s

China and Russia now hold 64% of the list’s 3,414 entries. 160 of China’s carry the foreign direct product rules, which reach chips and tools made abroad with US technology.

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The Entity List since 2017, version by version

entries on the Entity List · Entries as the list prints them; one party can have several. Added and removed count names that appear or disappear. China includes Hong Kong.
0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 All others 1,221China 1,110Russia 1,083

Most entries for China came in 2024: 263

entries added each year, by country · and removed
  1. 2017 36 added China 2 · Russia 10 · others 24 · 24 removed
  2. 2018 139 added China 23 · Russia 58 · others 58 · 31 removed
  3. 2019 221 added China 115 · Russia 3 · others 103 · 22 removed
  4. 2020 302 added China 160 · Russia 10 · others 132 · 43 removed
  5. 2021 154 added China 71 · Russia 23 · others 60 · 4 removed
  6. 2022 539 added China 89 · Russia 370 · others 80 · 91 removed
  7. 2023 489 added China 161 · Russia 220 · others 108 · 22 removed
  8. 2024 525 added China 263 · Russia 149 · others 113 · 11 removed
  9. 2025 185 added China 131 · Russia 0 · others 54 · 4 removed
  10. 2026 3 added China 0 · Russia 3 · others 0 · 4 removed

China Russia every other country

91 countries on the list today

entries at 24 Aug 2026 · and those under the foreign direct product rules
  1. China 1,110160 under the product rules
  2. Russia 1,0833 under the product rules
  3. United Arab Emirates 1881 under the product rules
  4. Pakistan 1831 under the product rules
  5. Iran 115
  6. Turkey 871 under the product rules
  7. Malaysia 48
  8. United Kingdom 466 under the product rules
  9. Singapore 385 under the product rules
  10. Belarus 351 under the product rules
  11. Afghanistan 30
  12. Crimea Region of Ukraine 28
  13. Canada 271 under the product rules
  14. Germany 234 under the product rules
  15. Syria 20

And Lebanon 19, Burma 18, Finland 18, India 16, South Africa 15, South Sudan 15, Cyprus 13, Israel 12, Taiwan 12, France 11, Thailand 11, Ukraine 11, Armenia 10, Switzerland 9, Bulgaria 8, Greece 8, Netherlands 8, Kazakhstan 7, Belgium 6, Estonia 6, Ireland 6, South Korea 6, Georgia 5, Malta 5, Oman 5, Panama 5, Egypt 4, Japan 4, Kyrgyzstan 4, Spain 4, Uzbekistan 4, Bahrain 3, Iraq 3, Italy 3, Luxembourg 3, Mexico 3, Vietnam 3, Argentina 2, Belize 2, Brazil 2, Chile 2, Costa Rica 2, Indonesia 2, Jordan 2, Norway 2, Romania 2, Sweden 2, Venezuela 2, Australia 1, Austria 1, Bolivia 1, Cuba 1, Denmark 1, Ecuador 1, Hungary 1, Jamaica 1, Kenya 1, Laos 1, Latvia 1, Lithuania 1, Madagascar 1, Morocco 1, New Zealand 1, Nicaragua 1, North Macedonia 1, Paraguay 1, Peru 1, Philippines 1, Poland 1, Portugal 1, Qatar 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Senegal 1, Slovakia 1, Sri Lanka 1, Uganda 1.

BIS has issued 19 rules on chips and advanced computing since 2022

each from the Federal Register, newest first
  1. 9 Apr 2026 Extension of Authorized Integrated Circuit (IC) Designer Status and Application Deadline To Become an Approved IC Designer 91 FR 17851 · effective 7 Apr 2026
  2. 15 Jan 2026 Revision to License Review Policy for Advanced Computing Commodities 91 FR 1684 · effective 15 Jan 2026
  3. 14 Feb 2025 Implementation of Additional Due Diligence Measures for Advanced Computing Integrated Circuits; Amendments and Clarifications; and Extension of Comment Period; Correction 90 FR 9604 · effective 11 Feb 2025
  4. 16 Jan 2025 Implementation of Additional Due Diligence Measures for Advanced Computing Integrated Circuits; Amendments and Clarifications; and Extension of Comment Period 90 FR 5298 · effective 16 Jan 2025
  5. 15 Jan 2025 Public Briefing on Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion 90 FR 3624
  6. 15 Jan 2025 Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion 90 FR 4544 · effective 13 Jan 2025
  7. 5 Dec 2024 Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule Additions, and Refinements to Controls for Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items 89 FR 96790 · effective 2 Dec 2024
  8. 4 Dec 2024 Public Briefing on Changes to Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items 89 FR 96095
  9. 4 Apr 2024 Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Updates and Corrections; and Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Corrections and Clarifications 89 FR 23876 · effective 4 Apr 2024
  10. 13 Mar 2024 Clarification of Controls on Radiation Hardened Integrated Circuits and Expansion of License Exception GOV 89 FR 18353 · effective 13 Mar 2024
  11. 15 Dec 2023 Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Updates and Corrections; Extension of Comment Period 88 FR 86821
  12. 8 Nov 2023 Existing Validated End-User Authorizations in the People's Republic of China: Samsung China Semiconductor Co. Ltd. and SK hynix Semiconductor (China)) Ltd; Correction 88 FR 76990 · effective 8 Nov 2023
  13. 25 Oct 2023 Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Updates and Corrections 88 FR 73458 · effective 17 Nov 2023
  14. 25 Oct 2023 Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Items 88 FR 73424 · effective 17 Nov 2023
  15. 17 Oct 2023 Existing Validated End-User Authorizations in the People's Republic of China: Samsung China Semiconductor Co. Ltd. and SK Hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd. 88 FR 71478 · effective 17 Oct 2023
  16. 18 Jan 2023 Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modification; Updates to the Controls To Add Macau 88 FR 2821 · effective 17 Jan 2023
  17. 7 Dec 2022 Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modification 87 FR 74966 · effective 13 Oct 2022
  18. 13 Oct 2022 Procedures for Access to the Public Briefing on Additional Export Controls on Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items 87 FR 61970
  19. 13 Oct 2022 Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modification 87 FR 62186 · effective 7 Oct 2022
Year All rules Entity List Chips
2017 26 9 0
2018 23 9 0
2019 20 9 0
2020 38 11 0
2021 36 13 0
2022 36 16 3
2023 43 19 6
2024 52 12 4
2025 23 8 4
2026 12 2 2

A chip rule names semiconductors, advanced computing, supercomputers, integrated circuits or artificial intelligence in its title. Entity List rules are counted, not listed.

Every version

131 versions · entries, and changes from the version before
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Version All China Russia Added Removed
24 Aug 2026 3,414 1,110 1,083 1
16 Jul 2026 3,415 1,110 1,083 3 3
12 Nov 2025 3,415 1,110 1,083 1
9 Oct 2025 3,416 1,111 1,083 29
30 Sep 2025 3,387 1,092 1,083
16 Sep 2025 3,387 1,092 1,083 31
25 Apr 2025 3,355 1,069 1,083 1 1
28 Mar 2025 3,355 1,069 1,083 82
16 Jan 2025 3,273 1,016 1,083 28 2
6 Jan 2025 3,247 992 1,083 14
18 Dec 2024 3,233 980 1,083 1
11 Dec 2024 3,232 979 1,083 8
5 Dec 2024 3,224 977 1,079 140 1
1 Nov 2024 3,085 842 1,079 46
23 Oct 2024 3,039 831 1,066 26 7
16 Sep 2024 3,020 826 1,066 2 2
27 Aug 2024 3,020 827 1,067 131
25 Jul 2024 2,889 785 1,004
18 Jul 2024 2,889 785 1,004 1
3 Jul 2024 2,888 785 1,004 5
24 Jun 2024 2,883 783 1,004 3
18 Jun 2024 2,880 783 1,002 13
14 May 2024 2,867 771 1,001 36
11 Apr 2024 2,830 734 1,001 11
27 Feb 2024 2,819 728 998 102 1
7 Dec 2023 2,718 719 935 45
21 Nov 2023 2,673 718 907 8
17 Nov 2023 2,665 718 906 1
6 Nov 2023 2,666 719 906 13
19 Oct 2023 2,653 719 894 13
11 Oct 2023 2,640 706 894 52
27 Sep 2023 2,588 664 894 29
19 Jul 2023 2,559 652 889 4
21 Jun 2023 2,555 652 889 1
14 Jun 2023 2,554 651 889 50 1
22 May 2023 2,505 620 889 71
26 Apr 2023 2,434 620 820 1
17 Apr 2023 2,433 619 820 33 1
30 Mar 2023 2,401 607 810 24 13
14 Mar 2023 2,390 602 808 2
6 Mar 2023 2,392 602 810 38 1
27 Feb 2023 2,355 575 809 91
14 Feb 2023 2,264 570 728 9 3
1 Feb 2023 2,258 564 728 7
23 Dec 2022 2,251 564 728
19 Dec 2022 2,251 564 728 48 2
16 Dec 2022 2,205 519 728 9
8 Dec 2022 2,196 519 719 26 3
21 Oct 2022 2,173 519 709
13 Oct 2022 2,173 519 709
7 Oct 2022 2,173 519 709 50
4 Oct 2022 2,224 519 759 108
16 Sep 2022 2,115 519 652
9 Sep 2022 2,115 519 652 2 3
24 Aug 2022 2,117 521 652 7
30 Jun 2022 2,110 514 652 42 3
6 Jun 2022 2,071 490 647 49 1
1 Jun 2022 2,000 490 577
11 May 2022 2,000 490 577 1
11 Apr 2022 2,002 492 577 1 24
7 Apr 2022 2,028 518 577 88
16 Mar 2022 1,908 518 481 1
9 Mar 2022 1,909 518 481 96
8 Mar 2022 1,813 518 400 2
3 Mar 2022 1,811 518 400 47
14 Feb 2022 1,764 518 353 14 3
3 Feb 2022 1,753 513 353
17 Dec 2021 1,753 513 353 29
26 Nov 2021 1,713 479 353 28
4 Nov 2021 1,685 467 353 4
5 Oct 2021 1,681 467 352
20 Aug 2021 1,681 467 352
21 Jul 2021 1,681 467 352
19 Jul 2021 1,681 467 352 6
12 Jul 2021 1,675 467 346 43 1
6 Jul 2021 1,633 444 340 5
24 Jun 2021 1,628 444 340 5
16 Jun 2021 1,623 439 340 2
1 Jun 2021 1,625 439 340 8 1
9 Apr 2021 1,617 438 340 7
16 Mar 2021 1,610 431 340
8 Mar 2021 1,610 431 340 4
4 Mar 2021 1,606 431 340 14
15 Jan 2021 1,592 431 330 1
23 Dec 2020 1,591 430 330 2 4
22 Dec 2020 1,618 456 330 54 6
30 Oct 2020 1,546 397 327 2 1
19 Oct 2020 1,545 397 327 2
22 Sep 2020 1,548 400 327 51 1
11 Sep 2020 1,497 392 327
27 Aug 2020 1,497 392 327 57
20 Aug 2020 1,436 361 322 60 1
22 Jul 2020 1,371 323 320 12 1
18 Jun 2020 1,360 312 320 1 20
5 Jun 2020 1,384 336 320 36 3
19 May 2020 1,350 304 320 4 4
16 Mar 2020 1,350 303 320 23
2 Mar 2020 1,326 301 318
18 Dec 2019 1,326 301 318
6 Dec 2019 1,326 301 318
13 Nov 2019 1,326 301 318 32 3
21 Oct 2019 1,297 301 318 1
9 Oct 2019 1,298 301 319 28
21 Aug 2019 1,270 273 319 46 3
14 Aug 2019 1,222 249 318 29 14
24 Jun 2019 1,204 244 317 5
24 May 2019 1,199 239 317
21 May 2019 1,199 239 317 69
14 May 2019 1,130 197 317 12 1
11 Apr 2019 1,115 187 317
20 Dec 2018 1,115 187 317 6
30 Oct 2018 1,121 187 323 1
26 Sep 2018 1,120 186 323 16 1
12 Sep 2018 1,105 187 311 2 1
4 Sep 2018 1,104 187 310 17 2
30 Aug 2018 1,089 180 310
1 Aug 2018 1,089 180 310 13
22 Mar 2018 1,076 167 310 23 18
16 Feb 2018 1,071 167 326 44
26 Jan 2018 1,027 167 284 23 3
20 Dec 2017 1,007 166 282 2
25 Sep 2017 1,005 166 280 1 5
30 Jun 2017 1,009 167 280 1
22 Jun 2017 1,010 167 280 10
26 May 2017 1,000 167 272 17 1
18 Apr 2017 984 167 272
29 Mar 2017 984 167 272 1 12
16 Mar 2017 995 169 272
15 Mar 2017 995 169 272 1
10 Jan 2017 996 169 272 5 4
3 Jan 2017 995 169 272

Sources

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