Notice to Exporters 2025/34

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Steve Berry
5 January 2026

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The ECJU – Export Control Joint Unit, published communication 2025/34 relating to the General trade licence Russia sanctions – fertilisers.

The Notice confirms that the Licence has been updated to include anhydrous ammonia within its scope.



The licence was first published on 9th November 2022; this is the first amendment since publication.

The notice confirms that this general licence permits the provision of financial services and making funds available to a person connected with Russia for the supply or delivery of specified fertiliser goods either from Russia to a third country, or from Russia to a person in a third country, where they are intended for agricultural use only.

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