Export Controls

The ECJU has released Notice to Exporters 2025/25, which updates information on NTE2025 24, released on August 15th, regarding an additional ‘possible ultimate end user’ input screen on the licence application database, LITE.

NTE 2025/22 advises traders of the release of the General Trade Licence Russia Sanctions – Sectoral Software and Technology. Both the NTE and the licence were published on 21 st July 2025.

The Export Control Joint Unit has released a notification of the revised End User Undertaking (EUU) form for exporters applying for Standard Individual, Stockist, or Standard Individual Trade Control export licences.

Notice to Exporters 2025/16, published 17 th June, advises that the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) has been updated to accept the use of special and diacritic characters when declaring UK import and export licences on CDS.

The licences have been updated to exclude military nuclear power generating and nuclear power propulsion equipment from the scope of the licences.

The Export Control Joint Unit has issued Notice to Exporters 2025/09 advising of the update of the Open General Export Licence, Oil and Gas Exploration Dual Use Items

Applying for a Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) can be daunting, particularly if the applicant is unused to terminology or unsure why the application questions are phrased the way they are.

The Export Control Joint Unit issued NTE 2025/04 on 26th February, confirming that four Open General Export Licences (OGELs) have been updated to remove Rwanda as a permitted destination.