UK Releases Info on 4 Export Control Penalties So Far This Year

The U.K.'s Export Control Joint Unit released a notice detailing the compound penalties issued since January. Revenue and Customs issued settlement offers to four exporters related to unlicensed exports of dual-use and military goods, with the largest -- more than $1.1 million -- related to dual-use goods. Another settlement involved dual-use export violations and resulted in a fine of about $270,000, while the other two involved illegal exports of military goods and resulted in fines of about $5,000 and $3,600.

The notice said one of the unnamed settlements involved a guilty plea for evading export licensing controls on one shipment of di-sodium sulphide hydrate. The company brought 4 kg of the substance into the U.K. in 2019 to be exported without a license.