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Current UK sanctions regimes

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) statutory guidance for each current UK sanctions regime, listed by country and by theme.

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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
31 January 2020
Last updated
24 March 2025 — See all updates

A regime is a collection of sanctions measures put in place for a particular set of purposes. Regimes can be either ‘geographic’ (relating to a particular country) or ‘thematic’ (relating to a particular issue).

Regimes listed by country

Regimes listed by theme

More information

This page lists statutory guidance on UK sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (the Sanctions Act) and other UK legislation such as the Export Control Order 2008 and the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

For timely notifications about all new and updated designations and updates to sanctions regimes, sign up to get UK sanctions email alerts.

For further information see the ‘UK sanctions’ page, which has contact details for all the departments and agencies responsible for sanctions policy and implementation. It also lists links to general and sectoral guidance.

Updates to this page

Published 31 January 2020
Last updated 24 March 2025 + show all updates

  1. Page updated to make it easier to find the statutory guidance for each sanctions regime. No material changes to text.

  2. Link added for signing up to the new joint UK sanctions email alert service, provided by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI).

  3. Added contact details for the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI), who took over trade sanctions civil enforcement in October 2024.

  4. Added a link to subscribe to FCDO's sanctions e-alerts.

  5. 'UK sanctions relating to Burundi' has been removed from the list of regimes because the Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were revoked on 16 May 2024.

  6. Updated to include the new UK sanctions regime relating to Iran.

  7. Added a link to the UK sanctions relating to Haiti regime page.

  8. Updated to show that new designations have been made under the Russia sanctions regime.

  9. Added contact information for the Export Support Service.

  10. Added a link to the new Sanctions Regulations Report on Annual Reviews 2021

  11. The new Myanmar sanctions regime has been published.

  12. The global anti-corruption sanctions regime has been published

  13. The UK's sanctions framework has changed.

  14. First published.

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