Export Compliance Consulting

As the U.S. government continues to increase its scrutiny of exporters, it’s only a matter of time before they’re knocking on your company’s door. Will you be ready?

At Mohawk Global Trade Advisors, our team of export specialists is here to help your company achieve the proper standard of compliance. We’ll walk you through the basics of establishing, maintaining, and streamlining an effective export compliance program, from proper documentation and recordkeeping to export licensing and AES.

Learn more about how we can help your company achieve export compliance:

White Papers

My export goods are EAR99. Why do I have to screen?
Jim Trubits, Senior Advisor
I get a phone call from a frantic export client who is desperate to meet with me. He’s just been informed by the Bureau of Industry and Security that he’s being penalized $250,000 for failing to do proper export screening. He tells me the Bureau has made a huge mistake. His goods are harmless commodities with no specific ECCN so they are classified as EAR99. “My goods don’t need an export license, so I don’t have to do any screening, right?” Not exactly, I tell him. Read more…»

How to survive an end-use check
Jim Trubits, Senior Advisor
Finding out that the government wants to do an end-use check on your export is a lot like finding out that you’re being audited by the IRS. Anxiety begins to take over. You may ask yourself, what did I do wrong? The reality of the situation is that you may have been selected at random, so don’t panic. Through the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security—the agency that performs these checks—the government is attempting to verify that your exported goods are not being used by the wrong people or for the wrong reasons. Read more…»