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OFAC to retire PIP, DEL, and SDALL.ZIP file formats of the sanctions list on or about the week of September 18, 2023

Release Date
08/15/2023
Recent Actions Body

UPDATE: OFAC is extending the retirement date for the PIP, DEL, and SDALL.ZIP sanctions list file formats to on or about, the week of September 18, 2023. Please refer to the updated information below or to OFAC’s initial announcement for more information about these upcoming changes.


OFAC will retire the PIP, DEL, and SDALL.ZIP sanctions list file formats on or about, the week of September 18, 2023. OFAC will continue to offer for public download, the XML, CSV, and FF file formats, the ZIP files SDN_XML and SDN_Advanced, and PDF versions for OFAC’s sanctions list(s).

OFAC’s Sanctions List Search tool will not be affected by these changes, and users of the search tool will not experience any loss of service. 

Members of the public can contact us at O_F_A_C@treasury.gov for questions or to provide feedback on the impact related to the removal of these file formats. 

The full list of files to be retired are as follows: 

  • SDALL.ZIP
  • SDN.DEL
  • ADD.DEL
  • ALT.DEL
  • SDN_COMMENTS.DEL
  • SDN.PIP
  • ADD.PIP
  • ALT.PIP
  • SDN_COMMENTS.PIP
  • CONS_PRIM.DEL
  • CONS_ADD.DEL
  • CONS_ALT.DEL
  • CONS_COMMENTS.DEL
  • CONS_PRIM.PIP
  • CONS_ADD.PIP
  • CONS_ALT.PIP
  • CONS_COMMENTS.PIP

Users may continue to access OFAC's sanctions list data formats - via the URLs provided below.  However, on or about the week of September 18, 2023, the PIP, DEL, and SDALL.ZIP files listed above will be removed from these pages and will no longer be available for download.