Australia Sanctions List Download (XLSX)

Download the official Australian Sanctions Consolidated List from DFAT as XLSX. It covers all 4,010 individuals, entities and vessels subject to Australian sanctions.

Last list change 5 days agofile served by the official dfat.gov.au

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What the Australian consolidated sanctions list download contains

The Australian Sanctions Office, inside the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), publishes the Consolidated List. It combines UN Security Council listings that Australia implements under the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 with autonomous designations made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs under the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011.

The official consolidated list page is the place DFAT describes the list and links the file. The download itself is one spreadsheet.

Two Australian lists are not in that file:

• Terrorist organisations listed only under the Criminal Code
• UN-sanctioned North Korean vessels on the separate 1718 Designated Vessels List

Each listing names the sanctions framework, which decides the measures, from an asset freeze to a travel ban. Columns also record whether targeted financial sanctions, a travel ban, an arms embargo or a maritime restriction apply.

Download format: XLSX

DFAT publishes one file, Australian_Sanctions_Consolidated_List.xlsx. There is no official XML or PDF of the same list.

The sheet is not one row per person. Rows that share a reference number are one listing: the primary name, each alias, and the name in its original script. A letter after the number, such as the row beside the primary name, is still that listing. The number itself is reused, so it is not a stable id for the whole file.

Useful columns include the name, type, name type, alias strength, date and place of birth, citizenship, address, additional information, listing information, committees, a control date, and the instrument of designation. Passport and national ID numbers, when published, are prose inside Additional Information, not their own column. An IMO number, when the row is a vessel, has its own column.

Alias strength can be Weak. A weak alias is a lead, not an identification by itself. The primary name is not marked weak.

How often the official download file is updated

There is no fixed public schedule and the workbook has no publication id. DFAT replaces the spreadsheet when listings change and announces updates to people who subscribe to its sanctions mailing list. A control date on a row is DFAT's stamp for that listing, not a version number for the file.

How to automate the Australian sanctions list download

To screen against the list yourself, download the XLSX, detect when the bytes change, group rows into listings, and re-screen after every update. The file is easy to break in a parser: DFAT has changed columns before, several rows are one person, and the same reference number can appear again later for someone else.

Our Australian sanctions screening API keeps this spreadsheet in sync and returns a match score with the list version and file hash used for that check. The same request can include OFAC, UN, EU, UK, Canada and the other lists we cover.

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FAQ

Is the Australian sanctions list free to download?

Yes. The XLSX file is free and needs no registration.

Is there an XML or PDF version?

No. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade publishes the Consolidated List as one Excel file. The web page describes the list. It is not a second download.

Does the Consolidated List include UN sanctions?

It includes UN Security Council listings that Australia implements, plus Australia's own autonomous designations. It does not include terrorist organisations listed only under the Criminal Code, and UN-sanctioned North Korean vessels sit on a separate 1718 Designated Vessels List.

Why does one person take several rows?

DFAT spreads one listing across rows that share a reference number. The primary name is one row, each alias is another, and the name in original script is another, often with a letter after the number. Count people by the number, not by the row.

What does a weak alias mean?

The Alias Strength column marks some alias rows as Weak. A weak alias is a poor match on its own. The primary name is not marked weak. Confirm a weak hit with date of birth, citizenship or a document number from the Additional Information text.

Where are passport and IMO numbers?

There is no passport column. Passport and national ID numbers, when DFAT published them, sit in the Additional Information text. Vessels can have an IMO Number column. The Type column is usually Individual or Entity, so a ship can be stored as an entity that also has an IMO.

How do I screen names against the Australian sanctions list?

Downloading the spreadsheet is only the first step. Screening means matching names, aliases and original-script names against every listing and keeping up with each update. Simple exact-match lookups miss spelling variations and produce false positives. Australian sanctions screening API