UK Updates Export Licenses for Eight Middle East Nations

The United Kingdom's Department for International Trade issued new and amended open general export licenses and open general trade control licenses to stop new registrations for certain licenses to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, according to a Dec. 5 notice. The DIT is also no longer approving export licenses to Turkey for goods that may have military uses in Syria, the notice said. The changes are in effect “until further notice.”

The notice contains a list of the changes, which includes seven revised open general licenses and 19 new open general licenses. The DIT also provided a list of open general licenses that are “no longer available for new registrations” but may be used for exports or brokering by traders who are already registered. The DIT said questions about existing export registrations should be directed to the Export Control Joint Unit compliance inspector.