BIS Export Control List Change Report

Export-control teams, procurement reviewers, and audit analysts provide BIS list types plus optional country/name watch conditions and receive source-linked descriptive alerts, delta reports, and JSON exports from official BIS downloads.

You input a recurring watch and a stable monitorKey; the Actor reads the official Entity List, Denied Persons List, and Unverified List files and compares them with the prior complete snapshot.

You receive potential source-linked matches and list deltas, never an identity, authorization, legal, or transaction decision.

Store Quickstart

Use the first run as a free baseline. It stores the complete official source bundle and emits zero rows and zero charges.

{
  "watchlists": [{
    "id": "dpl-name-watch",
    "listTypes": ["denied_persons"],
    "names": ["SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS INTL"],
    "countries": []
  }],
  "monitorKey": "dpl-name-watch",
  "initialRunMode": "baseline_only",
  "generateReport": true,
  "emitRawRows": false,
  "emitExport": false,
  "emitUnchanged": false,
  "maxChargeUsd": 50,
  "dryRun": false
}

Example 1: Country watch across all three BIS lists

{
  "watchlists": [{
    "id": "asia-country-watch",
    "listTypes": ["entity", "denied_persons", "unverified"],
    "names": [],
    "countries": ["CN", "TW", "HK"]
  }],
  "monitorKey": "asia-country-watch",
  "initialRunMode": "baseline_only",
  "generateReport": true,
  "emitExport": true,
  "maxChargeUsd": 50,
  "dryRun": false
}

Example 2: Name watch with a report and export

{
  "watchlists": [{
    "id": "supplier-name-watch",
    "listTypes": ["entity", "unverified"],
    "names": ["Example Robotics", "Example Components"],
    "countries": []
  }],
  "monitorKey": "supplier-name-watch",
  "initialRunMode": "emit_backfill",
  "generateReport": true,
  "emitRawRows": false,
  "emitExport": true,
  "maxChargeUsd": 50,
  "dryRun": false
}

Example 3: Deterministic local preview

{
  "watchlists": [],
  "monitorKey": "preview",
  "initialRunMode": "baseline_only",
  "generateReport": true,
  "emitRawRows": true,
  "emitExport": true,
  "dryRun": true
}

What the output contains

• bis_restricted_party_row: optional normalized source row for an added, removed, or changed record.
• bis_list_change_alert: one source-linked alert per selected delta.
• bis_export_control_delta_report: an aggregate report with counts by list type and source pages.
• bis_change_export: a compact JSON-ready delta export.
• record.sourceUrl and record.sourcePageUrl: the official source references used for the observation.
• potentialMatch: true and matchReason: descriptive watch matching only.

The Actor does not enrich people or organizations, use private data, use a Trade.gov key, or make a legal, licensing, authorization, compliance, identity, or transaction conclusion.

Pricing

Event	Price
bis-restricted-party-row	$0.008
bis-list-change-alert	$0.50
bis-export-control-delta-report	$18
bis-change-export	$10

There is no start event. baseline_only and unchanged runs emit 0 rows / 0 charge. Before delivery, the Actor estimates all event charges and stops if maxChargeUsd would be exceeded. It also requires a positive Apify chargedCount receipt for each delivered row and saves state only after delivery succeeds.

Compliance guardrails

This is a descriptive public-data monitor, not a legal or export-control decision system. A potential match is not an identity resolution and not a conclusion about a party or transaction. Review the current official BIS source and obtain qualified advice before acting.

Only official BIS landing pages and BIS-hosted CSV/TXT downloads are accepted. HTML, empty files, header drift, inconsistent rows, and truncated quoted fields fail closed. See docs/source-compliance.md for the full boundary.

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