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The Home Office has launched the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS).
Further to Notice to exporters 2025/06 giving advanced notice of updates to the UK strategic export control list.
New trade sanctions on Russia entered into force on 24 April 2025.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) notification on CDS currently unable to accept special and diacritic characters.
New versions of 6 open general export licences, excluding Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners, have been published.
Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently issued a penalty of more than £10,000 to a UK exporter for trading goods outside the UK without a licence.
Unlicensed exports of dual use goods and breaches of export controls have cost UK companies thousands of pounds.
Notices made under the Customs Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 which have the force of law.
SIVA allows you to reduce the level of financial guarantee needed to run a duty deferment account for VAT purposes.
The Welsh translation of the notice of rights and entitlements.
Extant and new dual-use licences to Russia have been suspended. Nine open general export control licences (OGELs) updated to remove Russia as a permitted destination.
New trade sanctions measures imposed on the Republic of Belarus following amendments to the UK’s Belarus Sanctions Regulations.
Update on the new digital export licensing platform LITE which will replace SPIRE.
When the exceptional circumstances express clearance facility can be used for MOD Form 680 applications.
The Export Control Joint Unit have amended 8 open general export licences (OGELs). These reflect the changes to the list of defence-related products.
The Department for International Trade has reviewed the scope of 2 open general export licences to make them more useable.
This licence provides regulation on the provision of technical assistance, financial services and funds, and brokering services.
Open general licences that include Hong Kong have been changed or amended to bring them in line with restrictions on China.
The necessary steps have been taken to comply with the judgment of the Court of Appeal of 20 June 2019 regarding licences for military exports to Saudi Arabia for possible use in the conflict in Yemen.
Annex I of EU regulation 428/2009 (list of dual use controlled items) has been updated and the consolidated list of strategic military and dual-use items has been amended and republished accordingly.
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