UK Releases Strategic Export Controls 2020 Report
The United Kingdom published an annual report for 2020 on its strategic export controls that includes licensing data, U.K. and EU legislation changes, and results of the Court of Appeal judgment on military exports to Saudi Arabia. In the July…
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21 report, the U.K. released data points such as the number of standard individual export licenses, which totaled 15,334, with 62% processed within 20 working days -- a drop from 77% in 2019. The report said 268 SIELs were refused or revoked. The publication also highlighted the resumption of trade in arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia following the Court of Appeal judgment. The court in April OK'd a judicial review of the decision on export licensing for Saudi Arabia, the report said. The publication also touched on the Export Control Joint Unit and its 385 export control compliance checks in which 48% of first-time checked firms were compliant.