Understanding the BIS 50% Rule

See how hidden ownership now triggers export controls.

The U.S. Department of Commerce now restricts entities that are 50% or more owned—individually or collectively—by listed parties, extending export controls deep into corporate and affiliate structures.

For investigative, enforcement, and intelligence teams, this visibility transforms complex cross-border networks into defensible, auditable intelligence WireScreen delivers the ownership visibility required to maintain compliance under the new BIS Affiliates Rule.

Identify Affiliates

Detect direct and indirect ownership that triggers the 50% threshold.

Audit Ownership History

Trace past equity changes to document when control thresholds were crossed.

Automate Risk Flags

Instantly identify entities linked to sanctioned or restricted ownership.

Visualize Networks

Map affiliations between listed entities, subsidiaries, and investors to surface hidden control.

Access Curated Collections

Use continuously updated datasets tied to Entity List, MEU, and SDN 744.8 restrictions.

Validate with Expertise

Each record is reviewed and cross-checked by WireScreen's China specialist research team.

Webinar

Entity List Reloaded: Understanding the 50% Affiliates Rule

Watch this on-demand webinar with WireScreen experts Larry Sussman and Peter James to understand what the rule means for your organization—and how corporate intelligence helps reveal hidden ownership, affiliates, and risks buried deep within complex networks between listed entities, subsidiaries, and investors to surface hidden control.

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