Last week, this blog reported OFAC’s announcement at the BIS Update that an electronic licensing system for agricultural and medical exports under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (“TSRA”) would debut “soon.” And by “soon” they meant “real soon,” because over the past several days the new system stealthily sneaked onto the OFAC site and is now, it would appear, ready to accept applications.

The new electronic licensing systems are on this page and include not only TSRA applications, but also license for Cuba travel can now be filed electronically. One of the interesting things is that the new electronic TSRA system does not require, as D-Trade and SNAP-R do, that an applicant register to use the system. At first glance, the system seems easy to use, but if readers have had a chance to use it yet, please share with us your experience and reactions to the system in the comments section.

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