With effect from 8 July 2015, any exporter wishing to apply for either a Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) or a Standard Individual Trade Control Licence (SITCL) will be required to provide additional information identifying if the intended recipient of the goods involved is either a consignee or an end-user.
A new drop-down box will require the applicant to select "government", "commercial", "private individual" or "other". Selecting "other" will bring up a free text box to provide more information.
Users of Open General Export Licences (OGEL) are already required to provide this information on an annual return basis.
The information captured is used for public data reporting purposes.
SIEL generally allow shipments of specified goods to a specified consignee and/or specified end-user up to a specified quantity, and are generally valid for 2 years; and an OGEL allows the export of specified goods by an exporter provided that the goods or technology and the destination involved are eligible and certain conditions are met.
SITCL can be required for the movement of certain goods between two third countries (i.e. not being exported from the Isle of Man or UK), are specific to a named trader and cover the involvement in trade of a set quantity of specific goods between specific source and destination countries with a specified consignor, consignee and end-user. These are also normally valid for 2 years.
Applications for all these licence types may be made online using the SPIRE export licensing system available at https://www.spire.bis.gov.uk/spire/fox/espire/LOGIN/login
For more information on sanctions and export and trade controls please see the Customs and Excise website.
