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UK Reminds Exporters to Submit Annual Report About Open General Licenses

The U.K.'s Export Control Joint Unit is asking holders of Open General Export Licenses to submit their annual reports about trade made under those licenses during 2025, it said in an email. Exporters submitting those "annual returns" should verify that…

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the transactions were made during the correct reporting period (Jan. 1, 2025-Dec. 31, 2025) and that they "surrender any licences no longer in use after submitting returns." The agency added that it's updating its open license returns guidance next year.