Amber Road Blog There's A New OFAC Reporting Obligation for Rejected Transactions

If you're a responsible importer or exporter, you know that denied party screening is essential to remaining compliant - and that if you get a flag on a shipment, you stop the shipment immediately to avoid penalities and fines. But new rules published last month by OFAC now require you to not only stop that shipment, but to alert the government of the denied party you've uncovered as well.  The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published the new rules on June 21, 2019 in the Federal Register, and they create a whole set of new reporting obligations for companies doing international business. Now you must go beyond scanning the destinations and prospective parties to the transaction against current sanctioned countries and the Prohibited Party lists - you must also report any resulting “rejected transactions” to OFAC within ten days after they occur. That's a big process change, especially for companies with large trade volumes. Here's what you need to know to comply with these new OFAC obligations.