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Export controls and licensing

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  • Required supporting documentation if you are registered to use the open general export licence (military goods, software and technology).

  • All export declarations are due to move from the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system to the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS) by 4 June 2024.

  • Licence for the export of a wide range of military equipment to low-risk destinations.

  • Current rules for exporting horses and other equines (including ponies and donkeys) from the UK.

  • What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.

  • What import and export restrictions apply due to sanctions for UK companies when trading with Russia.

  • When military end-use export controls apply and to which destinations.

  • Licence allowing certain chemicals to be exported from the UK to permitted destinations.

  • If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.

  • Licence for the export of certain dual-use items to Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, including Liechtenstein and the USA.

  • Licence allowing the export of technology and the information needed for the development, and production of, military goods.

  • Check if you need a certificate to export animal feed or pet food, and other rules you must follow.

  • Guidance for businesses and individuals on what licence and supporting documentation you need to export firearms, ammunition and related equipment.

  • Order a certificate of free sale to export medical devices outside the UK.

  • Rules you need to follow to export cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry.

  • How Union GEA authorisations permit the export of specified controlled dual-use goods from Northern Ireland to certain countries outside the EU.

  • This licence provides regulation on the provision of technical assistance, financial services and funds, and brokering services, related to vessels.

  • What you need to do to export or move animal bones, protein and other by-products.

  • You need a certificate to export rough diamonds.

  • You may be able to use an open individual export licence (OIEL) to regularly export similar controlled items to the same customer.