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Countries of Concern
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.
Highest Risk (countries which have OFAC sanctions or embargoes in place)
| Country | Type of Sanction |
| Balkan Countries (Serbia, Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, including Kosovo) | No contact or business with certain individuals and their associations |
| Belarus | No contact or business with certain individuals and their associations |
| Burma (Myanmar) |
No imports, no financial transfers to Burma, no investments with companies primarily dealing in or with Burma |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | No contact or business with certain individuals and their associations |
| Cuba* | No travel to Cuba, no imports, no exports |
| Iran | No imports, no exports, no financial transactions, no trade in Iranian goods (except foodstuffs and certain carpets) |
| Iraq | Contact Export Controls Office. |
| Ivory Coast |
No contact or business with certain individuals and their associations |
| Liberia | No contact or business with the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor |
| North Korea | No imports, strict export controls |
| Syria | No exports (except food and medicine) |
| Sudan | Contact Export Controls Office. |
| Zimbabwe | No contact or business with certain individuals and their associations |
*Duke University holds a travel license for certain academic activities undertaken in Cuba. Contact Export Controls.
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, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, North Korea, Palestine / Hamas, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe