Verdict
trade.gov appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Homepage for the International Trade Administration, a U.S. Department of Commerce agency offering export resources, trade data, regulations guidance, business services, events, and investment programs. It also includes information about an ITA Global Business Navigator chatbot. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 26 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 20005000 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by Entrust DV TLS Issuing RSA CA 2 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2000.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is the International Trade Administration, a U.S. Department of Commerce public-service portal presenting export assistance, trade data, market research, regulatory guidance, trade events, investment programs, and related business resources.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a consistent government-agency identity, contains no phishing or deceptive financial indicators, and shows no login form, wallet interaction, hidden form, or suspicious script behavior. The site's long-running, continuously captured public presence further supports stable identity and provenance.
- Domain registered in 2000 and approximately 25.94 years old.
- 5,000 archive snapshots spanning 2000–2025, covering 26 tracked years.
- Homepage identifies the International Trade Administration and states that it is an official U.S. government website.
- External checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious detections.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site operates as an informational government service rather than a payment, investment, or financial-services platform. No financial license claim or registration number was presented on the reviewed homepage; this is a limited disclosure consideration, not evidence of deception. The registrar and transport-security evidence are consistent with an established institutional service.
- Registrar: get.gov.
- Served on AS14618, Amazon-AES — Amazon.com, Inc., US.
- TLS certificate issued by Entrust DV TLS Issuing RSA CA 2, validation level DV, valid to 2027-02-04.
- No matching third-party broker profile was identified.
What to Verify Next
For formal procurement, export-program participation, or regulatory reliance, confirm the relevant program or agency details through the applicable U.S. government registry or an independently obtained Commerce Department contact channel.
- The homepage provides export-assistance, trade-data, regulations, and business-service navigation.
- The site presents public-service resources rather than payment or investment onboarding.
- The reviewed page contained no sensitive submission form.
Summary Verdict
The website has an established, legitimate, and trustworthy posture. Its institutional identity, stable provenance, clean reputation, and consistent public-service purpose support normal interaction, including account login where offered and standard use.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is protected by AWS CDN/WAF infrastructure, with observed traffic served through AS14618 edge infrastructure in the United States; the origin server was not observable. This provides a meaningful exposure-mitigation benefit but is treated only as a supporting control.
Closing Assessment
Normal browsing and standard interaction are appropriate, with formal engagements handled through the agency’s published program and official government channels.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-03 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 55/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 60% |
- Identity verified on page
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of trade.gov.
- The request stayed on trade.gov. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under get.gov. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by akam.net, across 6 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2026-08-18. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2000-10-24. Clear
- It is hosted on AMAZON-AES, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | get.gov |
|---|---|
| Hosting | AMAZON-AES - Amazon.com, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 34.204.255.176 |
| Name servers | a1-109.akam.net, a12-66.akam.net, a13-67.akam.net, a4-64.akam.net, a5-65.akam.net, a8-66.akam.net |
| SSL issuer | Entrust DV TLS Issuing RSA CA 2 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-02-04 |
| Domain age | 25.9 years |
| Domain expiry | 2026-08-18 |
| Archive first seen | 2000-10-24 |
| Archive snapshots | 5000 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about trade.gov at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.