Invitation to respond to our survey on Open General Export Licences

The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) administers the UK’s system of export controls and licensing for military and dual-use items. This includes Open General Export Licences (OGELs), which are available for pre-determined military and dual-use controlled items being exported to a range of permitted restricted destinations.

OGELs are often reported as a flexible and useful licence option, and can generally be used as soon as the exporter has registered. As such, ECJU is reviewing their usage and our overall service to exporters.

If you are an exporter who has applied for an export licence from ECJU (whether or not you have registered for or regularly use OGELs), we would welcome your views to help shape our thinking.

Our short survey has been set up to get feedback on:
• exporter behaviour and experience in terms of using OGELs
• why you do (or do not) use OGELs
• what improvements to our service could be made to optimise their use

The survey takes around 15 minutes to complete. Please note there is an opportunity to share contact details to allow us to follow up with you for further insights, but this is entirely optional and otherwise your survey responses will remain anonymous.

Give your feedback via our survey hosted on Qualtrics.

The closing date is 11:45pm on Thursday 30 April 2026.

ECJU’s website can be found on GOV.UK