{"id":"052730c2-d831-48f1-ad49-13697781fd17","task":"Screen a shipment's parties against the Consolidated Screening List (CSL) and BIS Denied Persons List before export using the ITA API","domain":"trade.gov","steps":["Collect the full legal name, country, and address for all parties to the transaction: shipper, consignee, end-user, intermediate consignees, and brokers.","Submit each party name to the ITA Consolidated Screening List API (available at api.trade.gov) with query parameters for name, address, country, and fuzzy-match tolerance; the API searches across multiple export control and sanctions lists simultaneously.","Review the response for each party: a match returns the list name (e.g., SDN, Denied Persons List, Entity List, CAPTA), the party's listed address, and the restriction details; no match returns an empty results array.","For any potential match, apply a name-matching confidence threshold — common false positives arise from common names; escalate uncertain matches to a trade compliance officer for manual review before releasing the shipment.","Document the screening results (date, API version, query terms, result) in a compliance record retained for the legally required period; re-screen if shipping information changes before the shipment departs."],"gotchas":["The CSL aggregates multiple lists but does not include all restricted-party databases; for comprehensive coverage, also screen against the OFAC SDN list directly and consider jurisdiction-specific lists (EU Consolidated Sanctions List, UK OFSI) for shipments to or from those regions.","Fuzzy matching is necessary because sanctioned parties often use name variations or transliterations; setting the match threshold too high misses real hits while setting it too low generates excessive false positives — tune based on your risk tolerance.","Screening at order creation is insufficient; re-screen at shipment release because party status can change between order booking and physical shipment, and penalties attach to the actual export, not the order."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T15:09:51Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:40:37.260Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/052730c2-d831-48f1-ad49-13697781fd17"}