Compliance

One record. Evidence for every regime your trade touches.

Commodity trade now carries obligations from origin to payment: sustainability due diligence, responsible minerals sourcing, carbon reporting, financial-crime controls and trade-document rules. AXK captures the evidence once, at source, and packages it for each regulation.

Regulations and standards: 17
Compliance areas: 5

Sustainability & supply-chain due diligence

Proof of where goods come from and how they were produced.

Regulation or standard	What it requires	Commodities	What AXK provides
EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)	Geolocation, deforestation-free and legality evidence for each lot placed on the EU market.	Coffee, cocoa, soy, palm oil, rubber, cattle, wood	Plot geolocation, lot lineage and supplier declarations packaged for the due-diligence statement.
EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)	Human-rights and environmental due diligence across the value chain.	All	Supplier mapping, custody records and evidence of checks at each tier.
German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)	Risk analysis and documentation for German buyers' supply chains.	All	Counterparty and origin records that support the buyer's risk analysis.
EU Forced Labour Regulation & US UFLPA	Bans on products made with forced labour; importers must show traceability.	All	Traceability from origin to export, with supplier declarations and audit evidence.

Minerals & metals sourcing

Responsible sourcing and carbon rules for metals and minerals.

Regulation or standard	What it requires	Commodities	What AXK provides
EU Conflict Minerals Regulation	Due diligence for tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold from conflict-affected and high-risk areas.	3TG	Mine-site origin, chain of custody and assay records per lot.
OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Minerals	The five-step framework most mineral regulations and buyers reference.	Minerals and metals	Evidence organised around the OECD steps, from risk identification to reporting.
LBMA Responsible Gold & RMI standards	Provenance and refiner requirements for gold and other minerals.	Gold, cobalt, copper and others	Provenance documentation and custody transfers that refiners and buyers request.
EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)	Embedded-emissions data for imports of iron, steel, aluminium, fertilisers, cement and hydrogen.	Metals, fertilisers	Installation and production data captured with the shipment for the importer's CBAM declaration.

Financial crime & sanctions

Know who you trade with and why money moves.

Regulation or standard	What it requires	Commodities	What AXK provides
AML/CFT (FATF Recommendations)	Customer due diligence, monitoring and record-keeping obligations of regulated institutions.	All	KYB and beneficial-ownership records, transaction monitoring signals and audit trails shared with partner banks.
Trade-based money laundering controls	Detecting mispriced, phantom or misdescribed shipments.	All	Price, quantity and document consistency checks against the verified physical trade.
Sanctions screening (UN, EU, UK, US)	Screening of parties, vessels, ports and goods against sanctions lists.	All	Screening results recorded for every counterparty and shipment, with escalation and override history.

Trade documentation & customs

The documents that move goods and release payment.

Regulation or standard	What it requires	Commodities	What AXK provides
ICC UCP 600 & URC 522	Rules for letters of credit and documentary collections.	All	Document sets compiled and checked against contract terms before presentation.
Electronic trade documents (UK ETDA 2023, MLETR)	Legal recognition of electronic bills of lading and other transferable records.	All	Integrity and custody records for electronic trade documents.
Phytosanitary & certificates of origin	IPPC ePhyto, origin certificates and AfCFTA rules of origin.	Agriculture and all origin-based tariffs	Certificates linked to the lot they cover, with issuer and time.
Customs declarations & single windows	Export and import declarations through national trade single windows.	All	Declaration references and status recorded against each shipment.

Payments & data

How money and personal data move.

Regulation or standard	What it requires	Commodities	What AXK provides
ISO 20022 payment messaging	The global standard for cross-border bank payment messages.	All	ISO 20022-aligned payment instructions and status messages with partner banks.
Data protection (GDPR, UK GDPR, Kenya DPA, Nigeria NDPA)	Lawful processing, consent and cross-border transfer of personal data.	All	Consent records, role-based access, field-level redaction and data-sharing logs.

BoundaryAXK provides records, evidence packs and checks. It does not file declarations on anyone's behalf or give legal advice. Each importer, operator and regulated institution remains responsible for its own filings and decisions.

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