Export Controls
Screen persons and entities against 8 US export control and denied-party lists aggregated from the Consolidated Screening List. Updated daily.
Data Sources
- BIS Entity List (Bureau of Industry and Security) — entities subject to specific license requirements under EAR Part 744
- Denied Persons List (BIS) — individuals denied export privileges under EAR Part 764
- Unverified List (BIS) — entities where end-use checks could not be completed
- Military End User List (BIS) — entities determined to be military end users under EAR Part 744
- ITAR Debarred (DDTC) — parties debarred under AECA / ITAR Part 127.7
- Nonproliferation Sanctions (ISN) — parties sanctioned under EO 12938, INKSNA, EPCA
- NS-CMIC (OFAC) — Chinese Military-Industrial Complex entities under EO 13959/14032
- CAPTA List (Treasury) — parties under Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
Capabilities
Denied party screening:
- Fuzzy match using Jaro-Winkler, Levenshtein, token matching, and phonetic algorithms
- Composite scoring with DOB, country, and identifier adjustments — pass known registration or tax IDs on the screen call when available (same idea as identifier search, but boosts name-screen results)
- Filter by specific export control lists (e.g. Entity List only)
- Cross-list deduplication (same entity appearing on multiple lists)
- Entity type filtering (individual, entity)
Entity List check:
- Dedicated screening against the BIS Entity List specifically
- Pre-filtered for entity type to reduce false positives
- Optional identifiers for scoring boosts when they match list data
Identifier search:
- Search by passport number, national ID, tax ID, registration number
- Partial and exact matching
Batch screening:
- Screen up to 50 parties in a single call
- Per-case filtering by list, entity type, country, and optional identifiers
- Batch-level cap on matches per case (limit_per_case, default 10)
Workflows
Pre-shipment screening: Screen a buyer or end-user name against all 8 lists before processing an export order. Review any matches above threshold. Use the Entity List check for EAR-controlled items.
Supplier due diligence: Screen a new supplier against denied-party lists. If you have a tax ID or registration number, pass it on the screen call for a scoring boost, or use identifier search as a second path.
Bulk compliance: Batch-screen customers, partners, or intermediaries with per-case list filters and optional identifiers; tune limit_per_case if you need more than a few hits per name. Flag matches for manual review before shipment.
Scope: The loaded dataset here is the US export-control / denied-party CSL subset (eight lists above), not global sanctions or PEP breadth.
Scoring
Scores range from 0 to 1. Default threshold is 0.80 (more sensitive than sanctions screening to ensure higher recall for export compliance).
- 0.95+: Very strong match — likely the same entity
- 0.90-0.95: Strong match — high confidence, review recommended
- 0.80-0.90: Moderate match — warrants investigation
- Below 0.80: Weak match — likely a different entity
Secondary adjustments: DOB match (+0.10), year match (+0.05), DOB mismatch (-0.15), country match (+0.05), identifier match (+0.15).
