Risk doesn’t stop at Tier 1.
Neither should visibility.
Self-reported supplier questionnaires don’t reveal sub-tier supplier exposure, forced labor risk, or ownership by sanctioned parties. Sayari independently verifies the full supply chain network — from tier-1 to tier-N — using 4B+ trade transactions and 500M+ entity profiles.
The exposure is always in the tier you can’t see.
Most companies have good visibility into their tier-1 suppliers. They have almost no visibility into tier-2 and tier-3. And that’s exactly where forced labor, sanctions exposure, and state-owned enterprise ties tend to surface.
UFLPA import holds. CBP detentions. OFAC enforcement. The common factor: compliance teams that were relying on supplier self-certification rather than independent verification of the actual supply chain network.
Sub-tier visibility gap
Tier-1 questionnaires don’t reveal who your tier-1 is buying from. Forced labor risk and sanctions exposure concentrate at tier-2 and below.
Self-certification is unverifiable
Suppliers have every incentive to certify compliance. They have no obligation to accurately report their own supply chains. Sayari verifies independently.
Trade data alone isn’t enough
Knowing a shipment came from Vietnam doesn’t tell you which factory, who owns it, or whether that factory sources from Xinjiang. Ownership data completes the picture.
Enforcement is accelerating
CBP UFLPA detentions increased 300%+ in the first year of enforcement. OFAC is actively pursuing companies with indirect sanctions exposure through supply chains.
Independent verification. Not another questionnaire.
Trade-based supplier mapping
Sayari’s 4B+ trade transactions map your actual supplier network — who’s shipping to whom — independent of what anyone self-reports.
Factory and facility identification
Identify the specific facilities in your supply chain and verify their ownership, certifications, and prior enforcement history.
Forced labor risk screening
Cross-reference supply chain nodes against UFLPA Entity List, CBP forced labor findings, and geographic risk indicators for Xinjiang and other high-risk regions.
Ownership and control verification
Verify who actually owns your key suppliers — including state-owned enterprise ties and sanctioned party beneficial ownership through the full corporate chain.
Portfolio-wide risk scoring
Score your entire supplier portfolio simultaneously — prioritize which relationships require deeper investigation before an import hold or audit.
Audit-ready documentation
Source-cited evidence packages for every supplier determination — ready for CBP audit responses, board reporting, or regulatory inquiry.
The supply chain compliance frameworks Sayari supports.
Common questions about supply chain risk
Sayari uses customs and trade data — bills of lading, shipping manifests, and import/export records — combined with corporate registry data to map actual supplier-buyer relationships at every tier. This reveals the companies your suppliers buy from, their sub-tier sources, and the ultimate origin of materials — without relying on supplier self-reporting or questionnaires.
Ownership and trade data together surface risks that questionnaire-based approaches miss: sanctioned entity exposure in sub-tier suppliers, forced labor connections through Xinjiang-linked entities, concentration risk in single-source geographies, foreign government ownership of critical suppliers, and transshipment patterns that disguise the true origin of goods.
When CBP detains a shipment under UFLPA or other trade restrictions, importers must demonstrate that goods are not tainted. Sayari provides the evidentiary chain — tracing from the detained shipment back through every tier of the supply chain, with source-documented corporate records, trade flows, and ownership data that demonstrates the actual sourcing path.
Yes. By mapping the full multi-tier supply chain using trade data, Sayari identifies geographic concentration (over-reliance on a single region), entity concentration (multiple products routing through the same intermediary), and ownership concentration (suppliers that appear independent but share common beneficial owners). This visibility is critical for business continuity planning and regulatory compliance.
Sayari continuously monitors your mapped supply chain for material changes — new sanctions designations affecting sub-tier suppliers, ownership transfers, adverse media, enforcement actions, and shifts in trade patterns. Alerts are prioritized by risk severity and delivered with the evidence chain, so supply chain teams can act on genuine threats rather than chasing noise.
independent supply chain mapping
third-party due diligence
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Map your actual supply chain.
Request a demo. We’ll run Sayari’s trade-based supplier mapping against your key suppliers and show you what’s in your tier-2 and tier-3 that questionnaires don’t reveal.