Sanctions & Export Control
Material regulatory developments from Office of Foreign Assets Control and Bureau of Industry and Security are tracked daily by Cresthaven Analytics. Over the last 90 days, 20 material briefs relevant to professionals operating in the trade & geopolitical risk sector have been published below. Each brief is sourced directly from the primary regulatory feed, summarized for institutional readers, and scored for materiality.
Recent material activity
OFAC adds newly designated persons to SDN List effective August 31, 2026, triggering immediate blocking obligations
On August 31, 2026, OFAC added one or more persons to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are pro…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC designates and removes SDN List entries under counterterrorism executive authority
OFAC added and removed parties from the SDN List on August 31, 2026, under the counterterrorism blocking authority of Executive Order 13224 as amended. All U.S. persons are immediately prohibited from transacting with ne…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC adds one or more persons and associated vessels to the SDN List effective August 28, 2026
On August 28, 2026, OFAC designated one or more persons to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked. U.S. persons are pr…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →Sanctions & Export Controls release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Streamlining Export Controls for Drone Exports
Sanctions & Export Controls published a regulatory release titled 'Streamlining Export Controls for Drone Exports'. Cresthaven Analytics' full intelligence brief is pending re-analysis; see the source link below for the …
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC publishes Federal Register sector determination under Executive Order 13902 targeting Iran-linked sectors
OFAC's sector determination under a January 10, 2020 Executive Order now carries formal Federal Register publication status as of August 27, 2026. The determination had previously appeared only on OFAC's website. No subs…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC formally publishes Iran-related General Licenses AA and BB in the Federal Register
OFAC published General Licenses AA and BB under the Iran sanctions program in the Federal Register on August 27, 2026, formalizing instruments that had previously existed only as website postings. The Federal Register pu…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC indefinitely suspends five Iran general licenses, closing previously authorized transaction channels
OFAC suspended five Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations general licenses indefinitely, effective August 26, 2026. The action aligns the sanctions framework with a revised U.S. foreign policy posture toward Ira…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC adds one individual to the SDN List, triggering immediate blocking obligations across U.S. financial institutions
OFAC added one individual to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List on August 25, 2026. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are broadly p…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC adds persons and vessels to SDN List triggering immediate asset-blocking and transaction prohibitions
On August 25, 2026, OFAC added one or more persons and vessels to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. per…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC adds one or more persons to the SDN List effective August 25, 2026
OFAC added one or more persons to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List on August 25, 2026. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the designated persons are blocked,…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →BIS settles administrative enforcement action against Container Manufacturing Ltd. for export control violations
The Bureau of Industry and Security reached an administrative enforcement settlement with Container Manufacturing Ltd. for violations of U.S. export control regulations. The settlement resolves charges under the Export A…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →BIS removes two China-destination addresses for Arrow Electronics Hong Kong from the Entity List
The Bureau of Industry and Security published a final rule on August 24, 2026 removing two addresses associated with Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. from the Entity List under the China destination. This complete…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →BIS settles administrative enforcement action against Plexon Inc for unlicensed exports of controlled neuroscience research equipment
The Bureau of Industry and Security reached an administrative enforcement settlement with Plexon, Inc., a Dallas-based manufacturer of neuroscience research instruments, resolving charges that Plexon exported controlled …
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC adds one or more persons to the SDN List triggering immediate blocking obligations across the U.S. financial system
OFAC designated one or more persons to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List on August 14, 2026. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →BIS finalizes rule easing national security export controls on commercial drones and related technology
The Bureau of Industry and Security published a final rule on August 14, 2026, restructuring export controls on unmanned aerial vehicles and associated software, technology, and components under the Export Administration…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC updates SDN List with identifying-information changes, one entity unblocking, and two aircraft removals
OFAC published administrative updates to the SDN List on August 7, 2026, revising identifying information for one or more currently designated persons, unblocking one entity, and removing two aircraft from the list.
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC adds newly designated persons to SDN List triggering immediate blocking and transaction prohibitions
OFAC designated one or more persons to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List on August 6, 2026. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are …
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →BIS mandates 100 percent domestic allocation of black mass and tungsten waste sales effective August 27, 2026
On August 6, 2026, the Bureau of Industry and Security issued a temporary final rule requiring U.S. persons selling black mass and tungsten waste and scrap to allocate all monthly sales to U.S. persons. Exports without a…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →Commerce proposes Section 232 duty expansion to 14 additional aluminum, steel, and copper derivative articles
The Department of Commerce published a notice on August 6, 2026 requesting public comments on a proposal to extend Section 232 duties to 14 additional derivative articles across aluminum, steel, and copper product catego…
Read the full Sanctions & Export Control brief →OFAC adds persons and vessels to SDN List triggering immediate blocking obligations across U.S. financial system
On August 5, 2026, OFAC designated one or more persons and vessels to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked. U.S. per…
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