American exporters have legal obligations to avoid doing business with certain kinds of foreign businesses. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has a convenient reference:
http://www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/liststocheck.htm
These lists are maintained by separate departments of the U.S. government and compliance can be quite challenging for exporters. To make this easier, iSafeTrade.com has made it possible to search all of these lists automatically. These lists can be searched from here:
http://www.iSafeTrade.com/search?category=restricted
Example: search for "Empresa Cubana de Aviacion"
1. The Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) administers trade sanctions. They maintain the Specially Desiginated Nationals (SDN) list.
2. Licensing requires under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) can be triggered by certain companies/people. This list is called the "Entity List" and is maintained by BIS.
3. The State Department administers International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The list of companies/persons who barred under ITAR is called the "Debarred List."
4. The State Department administers a list of various sanctions programs (Section 744 of the EAR).
5. The BIS maintains Denied Persons List (DPL) which is a list of people that Americans should avoid doing business with.
6. The BIS also maintains the Unverified List which are a list of companies/people that will cause problems to trade with.
Database of Export Administration Regulations (EAR):
http://www.gpo.gov/bis/ear/ear_data.html
