On 30 July 2026 HMRC announced its largest compound settlement on record for export control offences: £6,409,388, paid by Airbus Operations Limited to settle multiple breaches of the UK’s strategic export control regime. The published notice identifies no unlicensed export and no diversion – the sum answers for repeated failures to keep the records and … Continue Reading
On 10 July 2026, the Bureau of Industry and Security issued a final rule removing the UAE from Country Groups D:3 and D:4 of the Export Administration Regulations and adding it to Country Group A:5, the group that receives the most favourable licence-exception treatment the EAR offers. The rule took effect on filing, 10 July … Continue Reading
