Guidance

Open general transhipment licence

Licence authorising the importation for transhipment and the subsequent exportation of certain goods to allowed destinations.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade, Department for International Trade and Export Control Joint Unit
• Published: 14 June 2012
• Last updated: 19 January 2024
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  1. 19 January 2024

     Licence amended to remove Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mali, and Niger as permissible destinations.

  2. 31 December 2020

     This Open General Export Licence has been revised to take into account changes in legislation following the end of the transition period.

  3. 17 December 2020

     This OGEL has been revised to take into account changes in legislation following the end of the transition period.

  4. 3 May 2018

     Venezuela has been added to the list of destinations for which this licence is not valid.

  5. 20 January 2017

     Changes to schedule 2: Serbia and Montenegro listed as separate countries. Bulgaria, Croatia, Ivory Coast and Liberia removed. Central African Republic and South Sudan added.

  6. 14 June 2012

     First published.

Documents

Open general transhipment licence (PDF version)

PDF, 233 KB, 10 pages

Revoked: Open general transhipment licence (in force from 31 December 2020)

PDF, 290 KB, 10 pages

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Open general transhipment licence (web version)

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Details

Licence permits the import for transhipment and the subsequent export of certain goods subject to provisions.

Reporting requirements

This OGEL is subject to reporting requirements under the open licence returns transparency initiative.

Revoked licences

The most recently revoked licence is available in the documents section.

You can find older revoked versions of the OGEL (open general transhipment licence) on the National Archives website.