Denied party screening

What is denied party screening?

A denied party screening (or restricted party screening) refers to the global trade management process of using the Consolidated Screening List (CSL) from the International Trade Administration (ITA) to help ensure compliance with U.S. government export, re-export and item transfer regulations.

Denied party screening is critical to protecting the reputation and customer satisfaction of every business that exports goods. The process compares the names of potential customers, business partners or other exporters against a list of entities or individuals prohibited from doing business. Denied party screening lists are maintained by governments and international trade organizations and typically include restricted parties, embargoed countries and politically exposed persons.

How do I find a list of denied parties to ensure export compliance?

To ensure alignment with international trade regulations, companies must confirm whether individuals or entities are listed as denied parties on the ITA's Consolidated Screening List (CSL). If a party scheduled to receive an export is a denied party, a business should reconsider the shipment to protect regulatory alignment.

Screening for denied parties is critical to the reputation and customer satisfaction of every business that exports goods. Government agencies provide individual lists, which are compiled into the CSL search engine, downloadable files and API.

Key sources for the consolidated screening list

From the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS):

  • Denied Persons List: individuals and entities denied export privileges

  • Unverified List: end users whom BIS hasn't been able to verify in prior transactions

  • Entity List: parties whose presence in a transaction can trigger a license requirement in addition to those elsewhere in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)

  • Military End User (MEU) List: parties whose presence as a party to the transaction triggers a license requirement for any item subject to the EAR listed in supplement no. 2 to part 744

From the Department of State Bereau of International Security and Non-Proliferation:

  • Nonproliferation Sanctions: parties sanctioned under various statutes

From the Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls:

  • AECA Debarred List: entities and individuals prohibited from participating directly or indirectly in the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services

From the Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC):

  • Specially Designated Nationals List: parties who may be prohibited from export transactions based on OFAC's regulations

  • Foreign Sanctions Evaders List: foreign individuals and entities determined to have violated, attempted to violate, conspired to violate or caused a violation of U.S. sanctions on Syria or Iran, as well as foreign persons who have facilitated deceptive transactions for or on behalf of persons subject to U.S. sanctions

  • Sectoral Sanctions Identifications (SSI) List: individuals operating in sectors of the Russian economy with whom U.S. persons are prohibited from transacting, providing financing for or dealing in debt with a maturity longer than 90 days

  • Correspondent Account or Payable-Through Account Sanctions (CAPTA) List: foreign financial institutions subject to CAPTA

  • Non-SDN Menu-Based Sanctions List (NS-MBS List): persons subject to certain non-blocking menu-based sanctions imposed under statutory or other authorities, including certain sanctions described in Section 235 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), as implemented by Executive Order 13849, and the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014, as amended by CAATSA

  • Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List (NS-CMIC): a reference tool identifying persons subject to certain sanctions imposed under statutory or other authorities, including sanctions described in Executive Order 13959, as amended by Executive Order 13974

  • Palestinian Legislative Council List (PLC): authorizes U.S. financial institutions to reject transactions with members of the Palestinian Legislative Council elected on the party slate of Hamas or another Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), Specially Designated Terrorist (SDT) or Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), provided such individuals aren't named on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List

What is the denied persons list in transportation management?

According to the ITA, the Denied Persons List includes individuals and entities denied export privileges. Any dealings with a party on this list that violate the terms of its denial order are prohibited. Transportation companies should use the Consolidated Screening List to confirm they aren't working with any parties denied for export.

How technology helps companies streamline denied party screening

Successfully exporting goods requires businesses to comply with regulations, including making sure they don't do business with restricted entities that aren't allowed to export goods. Exporters should complete denied party screening for every export transaction.

The right technology gives businesses end-to-end capabilities to help streamline customs and compliance, including managing exports and moving goods across borders in a timely fashion, with capabilities such as:

  • Centralized management of all customs-related data to easily access, retrieve and analyze information

  • Automated export and import document management, including government agency, security and manifest filings

  • Automation of repetitive workflows like manual exporting and uploading

  • Identification and screening of denied parties

  • Integration between systems such as accounting or shipping software for real-time tracking, more control and improved efficiency

  • Regular updates on the latest laws, documents and regulations

API integrations for export compliance

Shippers, carriers and freight forwarders can access extensive transportation management capabilities through Application Programming Interface (API) integrations, whether custom-built or out-of-the-box, to help streamline exports and remain compliant.

With transportation expertise embedded into logistics operations, companies can more easily manage and monitor compliance across the international transportation environment.