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Colgate-Palmolive (CL): Venezuela Exposure Check

Independent audit of Colgate-Palmolive's exposure to Venezuela — OFAC SDN matches, SEC filings, and Caracas Research news corpus.

Historical exposure

Colgate-Palmolive has historical Venezuela exposure that has been wound down or written off.

Colgate-Palmolive disclosed full deconsolidation of its Venezuelan subsidiary in 2015 due to currency-control regulations preventing meaningful US-dollar control of operations.

Ticker
CL
S&P 500 sector
Consumer Staples
Headquarters
New York City , New York
OFAC matches
0
EDGAR filings
6
Last refreshed
2026-04-19

OFAC Venezuela SDN matches

No entry on the OFAC Venezuela SDN list contains Colgate-Palmolive or any of its operating subsidiaries (Colgate-Palmolive de Venezuela) as of the most recent OFAC scrape. Always re-verify with OFAC Sanctions Search before transacting.

SEC filings disclosing Venezuela items

Colgate-Palmolive has filed 6 recent SEC documents containing references to Venezuela, PdVSA, CITGO or related terms. These are the company's own disclosures.

SEC EDGAR · accession 0000021665-26-000006
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000021665-25-000008
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000021665-26-000003
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000021665-26-000006
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000021665-24-000014
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000021665-25-000019

Federal Register & news corpus mentions

No Federal Register notice or analyzed news article in our corpus references Colgate-Palmolive in a Venezuela context. Search the live sanctions tracker or the daily briefing index for ad-hoc context.

Caracas Research analyst note

Colgate-Palmolive disclosed full deconsolidation of its Venezuelan subsidiary in 2015 due to currency-control regulations preventing meaningful US-dollar control of operations.

Known Venezuela-related operating entities or counterparties: Colgate-Palmolive de Venezuela.

Methodology. This page combines four signals: (1) a hand-curated map of S&P 500 Venezuela exposure maintained by Caracas Research analysts; (2) fuzzy substring matching against every Venezuela-program OFAC SDN designation (refreshed twice daily); (3) the SEC EDGAR full-text search across the company's 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, and 6-K filings for the past 24 months; (4) a scan of our own analyzed-news corpus and US Federal Register notices. Last refreshed 2026-04-19. This is not legal or compliance advice; always verify with primary sources and qualified sanctions counsel before transacting.

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