Best Practices for Export Screening

Screening customers against restricted party lists is routine practice for all exporters.  Restricted party screening alone is not enough, however, to achieve full compliance in today’s evolving regulatory environment -- an ever-heavier burden is being placed on the exporter to screen for everything from direct hits on restricted party lists to the entire ownership lineage for certain overseas customers.  This briefing will feature presentations from exporting firms operating under both EAR and ITAR jurisdictions to discuss best practices for export customer screening under the various degrees of export control.  Specific topics to be addressed include:  restricted party screening; end use/end user screening; red flag screening; foreign national screening for deemed export compliance; ownership screening as required by newly-enhanced OFAC sanctions; antiboycott screening; and more.  The briefing will also address business issues associated with effective implementation of screening practices, including clearing of potential screening hits, when to request end user statements, when to escalate screening efforts, staff training and buy-in, and striking the right balance between fulfillment of screening obligations and minimization of possible business disruption.