Today's regulatory environment requires a proactive, integrated approach to compliance.
Global trade compliance is becoming more complex, with regulations spanning jurisdictions, industries, and end-use. Authorities are increasing enforcement, and the consequences of getting it wrong are growing.
Controls on dual-use goods, military items, and sensitive materials continue to tighten under frameworks like the Wassenaar Arrangement and regional export regulations, creating obligations across the entire supply chain.
But compliance is not just about knowing the rules. The same goods can carry very different risk depending on where they’re going, who’s involved, and how they’ll be used. Product specifications, end-use, destination, and trading parties all need to be assessed together. At scale, that level of complexity is difficult to manage manually.
Solutions
See risk in context
A consolidated view of shipment risk across compliance workflows
Who are you working with?
Perform real-time party screening against an extensive and regularly updated database of global Denied Party lists, including the latest sanctions and restrictions from multiple government agencies. As part of the commodity screening process, Built in AI reviews trading party business activities, flagging inconsistencies between party profiles and the goods being shipped.
Single-action screening
Access over 2,300 individual blacklist databases to screen your shippers and consignees, client contacts and ocean vessels, which are obtained, standardized and maintained daily.
Detailed audit trails
Every step of the screening process is meticulously logged, providing a complete history of actions and decisions. This includes detailed records of screening results, status changes, user interactions, and AI notes.
Sanctions ownership data
Access Dow Jones and Kharon’s comprehensive Sanctions Ownership Research Data and be confident you can comply with the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and the European Unions’ regulations on sanctions against foreign entities, including the 50 Percent Rule.
What cargo are you moving?
Assess compliance risk on bookings,shipments and customs declarations, with integrated checks on commodity information powered by BorderWise. AI Assisted Commodity Screening then goes further, returning a risk rating and contextual notes for every commodity line; covering product specifications, trading parties, and diversion risk.
Detailed commodity overview
Get a clear view of your cargo with detailed information on Harmonized Codes, including descriptions and origins. Consolidate and review this data effortlessly to make informed compliance decisions.
Cross-border compliance
Native integration with BorderWise provides real-time alerts for both Origin and Destination borders, covering compliance risk across Military, Dual Use and other trade controls. AI Assisted Commodity Screening works alongside these alerts to support faster, more confident decisions
Import regulation review
Review import regulations at destination before the goods are shipped. This can help ensure the goods are delivered without incident at destination, rather than being held up at customs, or worse, sent back to origin due to a lack of import permits.
Where is the cargo going?
Know the compliance risk behind every location in your shipment — from origin and destination to organizational addresses. AI agents go further, assessing diversion risk across trade routes and intermediary locations, and flagging high-risk country involvement across the full shipment journey.
Comprehensive country visibility
Easily view the countries and regions involved in your job, including each organization's addresses and any override addresses.
Risk status indicators
Countries under embargo are automatically flagged, and risk status indicators alert users, prompting them to perform a review.
Customizable country lists
Embargoed country lists are easily customizable, allowing you to assess them according to your business needs and flag countries as disallowed.
Turn trade documents into compliance data
AI-automated document ingestion automatically captures and feeds Commercial Invoice data into your CargoWise compliance workflows, giving you full visibility into the contents of your shipments with no manual data entry.
Discover how commercial invoice data flows into compliance workflows →
How it works
AI Assisted Commodity Screening
Automatically assess goods in context, connecting product details, parties, and end-use to identify risk faster and reduce unnecessary reviews.
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Goods are identified.
Product specifications and company profiles are retrieved to establish a clear understanding of the goods being shipped.
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Trading activity is reviewed.
The business activities of each party are analyzed to assess whether the declared end use aligns with their typical operations.
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Risk is assessed.
Shipments are evaluated for potential diversion or end use concerns, including inconsistencies between goods and business activity, or involvement of intermediaries in higher risk locations.
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Goods are checked against controlled item lists.
Goods are cross-referenced against restricted lists within BorderWise to help identify potential regulatory requirements.
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Risk is clearly rated.
Each commodity assessment returns a High / Medium / Low risk rating with contextual explanatory notes. This makes it easier to decide next steps — including what further information may be required from responsible parties before escalating to a compliance officer.
ComplianceWise is a compliance risk screening feature within CargoWise. It provides automated risk indicators and supporting information to assist customers in identifying potential trade compliance issues. ComplianceWise does not constitute legal advice and does not provide a determination of compliance with any applicable law or regulation. Results are derived from available data sources and may not reflect all relevant risks. Customers are responsible for independently assessing and complying with all applicable laws and regulations.
Audit-ready from day one
As audit requirements tighten, ComplianceWise helps you stay ahead.
Compliance checks are built into every stage of your operations — automatically blocking shipments from progressing if issues are detected.
Compliance activities are automatically logged, with users able to add notes, creating a clear record for every action.
Detailed reports capture key compliance actions, override decisions and AI screening results, making it easy to demonstrate regulatory adherence.
Compliance documents and reports are kept in one place for easy access.
The system is constantly updated to meet the latest regulations, so your team is always prepared.
Internal audits can be conducted to identify and fix issues before external reviews.
BorderWise
Support trade compliance decisions with BorderWise.
BorderWise is the regulatory intelligence layer behind ComplianceWise’s AI Assisted Commodity Screening, providing the control lists, restricted goods data, and regulatory content is cross-checked in real-time for every assessment.
By automatically linking Harmonized Codes to military, dual-use, and other regulatory lists across multiple countries, you can stay compliant and avoid delays, resolve issues before they cause delays.
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