UK publishes strategic export control licensing statistics for Q2 2025

13 November 2025

The UK’s Export Control Joint Unit has published its quarterly report on export control licensing statistics. The report covers the period April-June 2025. The Q1 2025 statistics report was published earlier this year.

• 2,612 standard individual export licences were issued in Q2. This is below the average number of SIELs issued each quarter since 2008 Q1, currently 3,089.

• The ECJU is in the process of changing licensing systems. A decision was made within 20 working days for 53% of the licence applications made in the current SPIRE system. 69% of decisions were made within 60 days. In the new LITE system, 50% of decisions were made within 20 days, and 92% were closed within 60 days.

• In Q2, the value of SIELS issued totalled £2.7 billion, down from a total of £4.8 billion in Q1 2025.

This takes the total number of SIELs issued so far in 2025 to 5,335. 96% of SIEL applications made in 2025 have been approved. The total value of these licences is now at £7.5 billion. See our UK export control pages for information on applying for an export licence.