Specially Designated Nationals; and Denied Persons List

The United States Treasury Deoartment's Office of Foreign Assets Control maintains a Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.  This list includes the names of individuals and groups or organizations deemed to represent restricted countries or known to be involved in terrorism or narcotics trafficking. American companies and their foreign subsidiaries are not permitted to engage in export transactions with entities that appear on the Specially Designated Nationals and Denied Persons List.

There are several lists that an exporter must review.  These lists can be found and accessed at this website:

http://www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/liststocheck.htm

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