Civil Monetary Penalties

As of January 15, 2025, Commerce, Energy, State, and Treasury have each published their annual increase in civil monetary penalties for violations of U.S. export controls and sanctions regulations to account for inflation.  Below is a summary of the increases for calendar year 2025.

U.S. Department of Commerce
EAR Section2024 Maximum

Last week, OFAC announced it is increasing its maximum amount of the civil monetary penalties (CMP) that may be assessed under relevant OFAC regulations by implementing the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 for 2024. These increases adjust for inflation and have occurred nine times since 2015. The changes to the CMPs are