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Source health

Every rule on this site has at least one sourceUrl. This page is a live audit of how many unique sources we cite, how often we re-verify, and how heavily we lean on government vs intergovernmental vs industry references.

Generated: 2026-08-22. Latest verification: 2026-07-26.

Unique sources by family

FamilyUnique URLs
Rules645
Country customs authorities85
Airports94
Airlines50
FTAs75
Sanctions regimes28
Total unique sources (cross-family)921

Sources per rule

0 sources0
1 source4,458
2 sources781
3 sources96
4+ sources4

Our minimum bar is one official source per rule. Sourcing-improvement passes target the 1-source pool first.

Days since last verified (rules)

< 90 days5,337
90–180 days0
180–365 days2
> 365 days0
no lastVerified0

Source citations by type (rule sources)

gov378
industry/other266
intergov1
encyclopedic0
news0

Classification is automatic and best-effort: government domains (.gov, .eu), intergovernmental orgs (WHO, ICAO, WTO, WCO, UN), encyclopedic (Wikipedia), news outlets, and industry/other.

Most-cited domains (rule sources)

  1. gov.uk43
  2. cbp.gov21
  3. abf.gov.au17
  4. fda.gov10
  5. tga.gov.au9
  6. agriculture.gov.au9
  7. customs.go.jp8
  8. zoll.de8
  9. hsa.gov.sg7
  10. mhlw.go.jp7
  11. aphis.usda.gov7
  12. douane.gouv.fr7
  13. customs.gov.sg6
  14. gov.br6
  15. adm.gov.it6

Oldest verifications (rules)

These are the next 10 rules in our re-verification queue.

  1. importing-commercial · alcohol-spirits · canada2025-11-01
  2. posting · tobacco-cigarettes · new-zealand2025-11-01
  3. importing-personal · textiles-commercial · australia2026-04-24
  4. importing-personal · chocolate · united-kingdom2026-04-24
  5. traveling · antiquities · italy2026-04-25
  6. posting · religious-items · saudi-arabia2026-04-25
  7. importing-commercial · watches-commercial · uae2026-04-25
  8. traveling · ivory-cites · south-africa2026-04-25
  9. posting · cbd-oil · united-kingdom2026-04-25
  10. posting · vape-e-cigarette · united-states2026-04-25

Live source-link probe

We periodically HEAD-probe every external source URL. Results land in our build report (build-report.json). Broken citations are queued for repair on the next verification pass.

See machine-readable audit: /admin/content-audit.json

High-change categories (review more often)

  • Sanctions regimes — daily updates from OFAC, HMT, EU CFSP, UN.
  • Vape / e-cigarette rules — many countries tightening 2024–2026.
  • Cannabis status — accelerating reform in Europe + Americas.
  • Lithium-battery air-cargo rules — periodic ICAO/IATA updates.
  • De minimis thresholds — e-commerce-driven legislative pressure.
  • Drone laws — fast-moving national-level changes.

Source counts here come from src/lib/stats.ts at build time. Last generated 2026-08-22. Commit dev.

Linked pages: /coverage for entity coverage, /methodology for editorial process, /source-policy for which sources we accept. Scenarios cited: 30. DG classes covered: 10.

RULES5,339COUNTRIES85ITEMS111CARRIERS28GUIDES46UNIQUE SOURCES645LATEST VERIFICATION2026-07-26MethodologyChangelog