UK Releases More Israel Export Licensing Data
The U.K. last week released its latest round of data on Israel-related export licenses more than eight months after the U.K. suspended a range of licenses for Israel over concerns they were being used to ship items for the Israeli military in Gaza (see 2409030023).
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The data, released by the U.K.’s Export Control Joint Unit, outlines the number of existing licenses for which Israel was included as a destination (347) and the number of license applications currently in progress in which Israel was included as a destination (164) as of July 31. It also shows the U.K. has issued 107 Israel-related licenses and rejected 28 applications from the beginning of the suspension on Dec. 7 through July 31.
Of the 28 licenses that were rejected, ECJU said 24 were “of a military categorisation, such as licences relating to combat aircraft, military radar equipment, naval or other equipment assessed as for use in military operations in Gaza.” Of the 107 approved licenses, the U.K. said, 73 were for military items and either listed another country besides Israel as the ultimate end-user, involved academia or commercial testing, or were “not useable in military operations in Gaza, or otherwise exempt from the suspension.”