What is the Consolidated Screening List?
The Consolidated Screening List is the International Trade Administration's combined search surface for U.S. export and sanctions screening lists. It brings together Commerce, State, and Treasury records, including BIS denied-party lists and OFAC sanctions lists, so users can look up one name across multiple federal programs.
Full name: International Trade Administration Consolidated Screening List
Short explanation
The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a U.S. International Trade Administration search and data surface that combines multiple federal export-control and sanctions lists. It is meant to reduce one-list-at-a-time checks by letting users search Commerce, State, and Treasury records together. A CSL hit is a pointer to a source-list record, so the source agency and source list still matter.
Related use case: Exclusion & sanctions screening
How it’s used
- Export compliance: companies use the CSL to look up parties across multiple U.S. government restricted-party lists before an export or reexport.
- Source-list triage: a CSL result identifies which agency list produced the match, such as BIS, State, or OFAC.
- Data ingestion: screening systems use CSL exports or APIs as broad initial coverage, then preserve each source list and restriction type.
Frequently asked questions
- Who publishes the Consolidated Screening List?
- The International Trade Administration publishes the Consolidated Screening List as a combined search surface for multiple U.S. export and sanctions lists.
- What agencies are represented in the CSL?
- The CSL combines lists from the Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury, including BIS and OFAC source lists.
- Does a CSL result replace checking the source list?
- No. A CSL result points to an underlying source-list record. The source agency, list, and restriction text still determine what the result means.
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