Defence · Dual-use · Export control · Sanctions

Dual-use, defence and sanctions. One clear answer, one fixed price.

We classify your products, screen your counterparties, get your licences and leave you the procedures to do it again. UK, EU and US rules, one answer, one fixed price.

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UK Strategic Export Control ListsEU 2021/821US EAR / ITAR / OFAC

What we do

Seven services, one process. Each decision builds on the one before.

Three services are open now. The other four follow in the coming weeks and are available on request.

01ClassificationECCN, ITAR, UK and EU dual-use and military lists. Goods, software and technology, with the reasoning documented.Open now · read more
02Catalogue classificationThousands of products classified as one structured project, with expert review of everything that may be controlled.Coming soon · available on request
03US content & de minimisWhether your non-US product is subject to US rules, for which destinations, and why.Coming soon · available on request
04SanctionsGoods, parties, payments and people against UK, EU, US and UN measures, including circumvention risk.Open now · read more 05Export licencesThe right authorisation identified, obtained and used correctly, in the UK, Belgium, the EU and the US.Open now · read more
06Records, reporting & audit readinessRecords that prove every export was compliant, regulatory filings, management reporting, audit preparation.Coming soon · available on request
07Internal compliance programmePolicy, manual, procedures, templates and training, drafted for your business and kept working.Coming soon · available on request
UKExport Control Order 2008 · Strategic Export Control Lists · SIELs, OGELs, OIELs via the ECJU
EURegulation 2021/821 · Annex I · Article 4 catch-all · EU GEAs · sanctions regulations
USEAR & Commerce Control List · ITAR & USML · OFAC · de minimis and foreign direct product rules

Who we work with

The company with no compliance team, and the one whose team is full.

Small and mid-sized exporters

You ship controlled goods and cannot justify a full-time export control manager.

A customer or a defence prime has asked for a classification, a licence or a compliance owner. We become that function, at a fixed price.

Large companies and groups

You have a compliance function. It is not sized for this project, this market or this acquisition.

A new product line, a market, an acquisition. We work alongside your team on a scoped, time-boxed engagement, then hand over.

Aerospace & defenceElectronics & semiconductorsTelecoms & encryptionIndustrial equipmentLogistics & freight forwardingBanks & trade finance

How it works

Send us the item. We send back a position you can ship on.

Product, destination and customer in. Classification, screening result and licence decision out.

Your shipmentIN
ItemInertial measurement unit
DestinationTürkiye
CustomerCivil avionics integrator
Your guess"Probably fine?"
DualisChecking…
ClassifyUK list · EU Annex I · US CCL—
ScreenSanctions lists · end use · diversion—
LicenceWhich one, or none—
Your positionOUT
Control—
Parties—
Licence—
APPLICATION PACK READY

Why Dualis

Quick, and trusted.

A team, not a queue.Every engagement gets the people it needs: export control and sanctions lawyers, customs specialists, engineers for the technical questions. You get a named lead and a written answer you can file.
UK, EU and US together.Every regime that applies to a transaction, at the same time, including US rules that follow US-origin content around the world.
Export controls and sanctions in one place.The same product, customer and route have to pass both. We check both, so you get one answer rather than two partial ones.
Fast, with a fixed price.A classification within a week in most cases. Scope and price agreed before we start, so there are no hourly surprises.
A Black Hawk helicopter carrying a water bucket over a wildfire
UH-60 Black Hawk on wildfire duty. US Department of Defense photo, public domain.

We have been the exporter

We have been the exporter.

Alongside the compliance work, we trade US-origin military equipment, including Black Hawk helicopters, into Europe for wildfire and civil-protection use. ITAR, third-party transfer approvals and end-use undertakings, from the exporter's side of the table. That is why the advice is practical.

Use cases

Two situations we see every week.

CNC machining centre cutting a metal part

Spare parts · OEM

The spare part that becomes dual-use once it is fitted.

Situation. An equipment maker ships spare parts worldwide. None are on a control list. One customer's machine is; another sits in a military plant.

Online check says. "Not listed." It cannot see the machine the part goes into.

We do. Review the catalogue against the installed base, flag the SKUs caught by end-use rules for specific customers, and give sales a one-page rule.

Container ship being loaded under port cranes

Distributors · Sanctions

The distributor in a third country whose customers you do not know.

Situation. An electronics exporter sells 3A001 items through distributors in Türkiye, the UAE and Kazakhstan. Orders have jumped since 2022.

Online check says. Clear. The distributor is on no list.

We do. Look at the red flags a list cannot: volumes, unnamed end users, payment routes, items found in Russian weapons. A decision, and a file that shows you made it.

Pricing

Fixed scope, quoted before we start.

The first call is free. After it, you get a written scope and a fixed price before any work starts. No hourly surprises.

Classification

from €750

  • One item, EU, UK and US position
  • Written rationale you can hand to a customer or customs authority
  • Typical turnaround: within a week

Licence pack

from €2,500

  • One licence, one destination
  • Application, technical description, end-user documentation
  • Support through questions from the licensing body

Compliance programme

from €8,000

  • Procedures, responsibilities, training, audit trail
  • Catalogue classification and risk assessment
  • Optional retainer afterwards, from €2,500/month

FAQ

Questions we get on the first call.

Do I actually need a licence?

Often not. A large share of first calls end with "this is not controlled, here is why in writing". We would rather tell you that than sell you a licence application.

Are you a law firm?

No. Our team includes export control and sanctions lawyers, but Dualis is not a law firm. We do the classification, licensing, screening and compliance-programme work that most exporters need. Where a matter calls for regulated legal advice or representation, we bring in trade counsel from our network and tell you so up front.

Where do you work?

From the UK, Belgium, Italy and the US, for exporters based in the UK, EU or US who ship to the rest of the world. That covers the three regimes most controlled goods touch, and we are used to transactions that touch all three at once.

Contact

Start with the item you are not sure about.

Send a product, a destination and a one-line description of the customer. We come back with whether it needs work and what it would cost. First call is free.

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