Transhipment licences
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Transhipment licences allow controlled goods to pass through the UK on the way to other destinations: find out when you need one and how to use it.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Transhipment licences allow controlled goods to pass through the UK on the way to other destinations: find out when you need one and how to use it. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Overview
- Open General Transhipment Licences (OGTLs)
- Open General Transhipment Licence
- Open General Transhipment Licence (Postal Packets)
- Open General Transhipment Licence (Sporting Guns)
- Standard Individual Transhipment Licences (SITLs)
- How to use an OGTL
- Applying for an OGTL
- Restrictions, exceptions and enforcement
- Time limits for exporting goods under an OGTL
- Items not covered by an OGTL
- Compliance and enforcement of transhipment licences
- Further information
- General queries about strategic export licensing
Source and licence
Department for Business and Trade
AttributionDepartment for Business and Trade, ‘Transhipment licences’ (updated 28 July 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026