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Cuba Export Compliance Checklist: ITA + OFAC + BIS + State

The all-in-one Cuba export compliance checklist: use ITA to find the commercial signal, then use OFAC, BIS, State CRL/CPAL, and records controls to decide whether the transaction can proceed.

Compliance ITA / Trade.gov U.S. exporters OFAC + BIS + State screening

Minimum compliance file

  • Product / service description and classification rationale.
  • End user, beneficial owner, importer, bank, logistics provider, vessel, and hotel if travel is involved.
  • OFAC authorization basis or license request path.
  • BIS classification and license analysis.
  • SDN, CRL, CPAL, and known Cuban military-control screening results.
  • Payment, shipping, and recordkeeping plan.

Traffic-light result

  • Green: authorized path, clean parties, feasible payment, records retained.
  • Yellow: possible path but needs counsel, license, or missing counterparty data.
  • Red: blocked party, blocked category, prohibited payment route, or no defensible authorization.

Use Next

Internal tools that make this page actionable.

Export to Cuba hub Return to the ordered hub workflow and choose the next tool. Can my U.S. company export to Cuba? Classify the opportunity before acting on it. Cuba export controls and sanctions process map Move from opportunity to compliance decision path.

Screen Internally

Cuban Insights checks to run before outreach or shipment.

OFAC Cuba General License Lookup Find the CACR section that could authorize the activity. OFAC Cuba Sanctions Exposure Checker Search names, companies, vessels, aircraft, or aliases against the Cuba SDN list. Cuba Restricted List checker Screen GAESA, Gaviota, CIMEX, FINCIMEX, Habaguanex, and other restricted entities. Public company Cuba exposure check Use when a U.S.-listed counterparty, supplier, bank, or logistics provider is involved.

Official Contacts & Sources

Use these for counseling, authority, and source-of-truth checks.

ITA Trade Americas contact page Use for regional export counseling and Commercial Service routing. ITA Market Intelligence search Use for official U.S. government market notes and sector signals. BIS export controls guidance Use for EAR, ECCN, license, and export-control questions. OFAC Cuba sanctions program Use for CACR, sanctions, general licenses, and Cuba program guidance.

ITA Attribution

This product uses International Trade Administration data and Trade.gov content but is not endorsed or certified by the International Trade Administration.

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