This list is provided as a general guide for exploring the feasibility of potential ventures. It should not be used as a justification for exports.
Comprehensively Sanctioned Countries (all transactions, including those involving persons or entities "ordinarily resident" in these countries, are subject to OFAC sanctions)
Cuba
Iran
North Korea
Syria
High Risk Countries (subject to OFAC targeted sanctions for specific persons, entities, or activities)
| Country | Type of Sanction |
| Belarus | No contact or business with certain individuals and their associations.* |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | No contact or business with certain individuals and their associations.* |
| Iraq | Limited sanctions program against specific individuals. |
| Libya | No contact or business with the Libyan regime of Moammar Gadhafi. |
| Nicaragua | Limited sanctions program against specific individuals. |
| Russia / Ukraine | Limited sanctions on specific individuals, exports to the Crimea region of Ukraine, and exports/transactions related to the petroleum and defense industries of Russia. |
| Somalia | No contact or business with certain individuals and their associations.* |
| Sudan | Contact the Office of Export Controls. |
| Venezuela | Limited sanctions program against the Government of Venezuela and those closely tied to it. |
| Zimbabwe | Limited sanctions program against Government of Zimbabwe and those closely tied to it. |
*Contact the Office of Export Controls for screening of contacts.
High Risk Countries (The government holds a general policy of license denial for ITAR or dual-use goods)
Afghanistan, Belarus, Burma (Myanmar), China, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Eritrea, Fiji, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, North Korea, Palestinian Authority / Hamas, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Vietnam, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe