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Current UK sanctions regimes

Foreign,Information Commonwealthon & Development Office (FCDO) statutory guidance for each current UK sanctions regime,regimes listedcurrently byin country and by theme. force

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Published
31 January 2020
Last updated
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UK sanctions regimes

This page provides information on UK sanctions regimes currently in force. This includes regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (the Sanctions Act) and under other UK legislation such as the Export Control Order 2008 and the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

A regime is a collection of sanctions measures put in place for a particular set of purposes. Regimes can be either ‘geographic’‘thematic’ (relating to a particular country)issue), or ‘thematic’‘geographic’ (relating to a particular issue).country or region). Find out:

Read the Sanctions Regulations Report on Annual Reviews for 2021, published by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office as required under section 30 of the Sanctions Act.

New designations of individuals and Russian entities have been announced. Further sanctions may be imposed in response to events.

The Export Support Service provides front line Russia sanctions support to all businesses. Contact the service for any questions about the impact of these sanctions on UK businesses operating in any sector, or business operations in Ukraine or Russia.

Further statutory guidance will be published when the relevant legislation is laid.

More information

For timely notifications about all new and updated designations, sanctions announcements, and updates on sanctions guidance, sign up to get UK sanctions email alerts.

For more information on financial sanctions, contact the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation at OFSI@hmtreasury.gov.uk

For more information on export controls and trade sanctions relating to the export of goods and provision of ancillary services, contact the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU).  

For more information on trade sanctions relating to the provision of professional and business services and other standalone services, contact the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI). 

For more information on import controls, contact the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)’s Import Licensing Branch on importcontrols@businessandtrade.gov.uk

For more information on immigration sanctions, contact the Home Office on public.enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk.

For more information on transport sanctions, contact the Department for Transport on transportsanctions@dft.gov.uk.

For general information on sanctions: contact the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s Sanctions Directorate on fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk.

Regimes listed by countryGeographic

Regimes listed by themeThematic

More information

This page lists statutory guidance on UK sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (the Sanctions Act) and other UK legislation such as the Export Control Order 2008 and the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

For timely notifications about all new and updated designations and updates to sanctions regimes, sign up to get UK sanctions email alerts.

For further information see the ‘UK sanctions’ page, which has contact details for all the departments and agencies responsible for sanctions policy and implementation. It also lists links to general and sectoral guidance.

Updates to this page

Published 31 January 2020
Last updated 2418 March 2025 + show all updates

  1. Page updated to make it easier to find the statutory guidance for each sanctions regime. No material changes to text.

  2. Link added for signing up to the new joint UK sanctions email alert service, provided by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI).

  3. Added contact details for the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI), who took over trade sanctions civil enforcement in October 2024.

  4. Added a link to subscribe to FCDO's sanctions e-alerts.

  5. 'UK sanctions relating to Burundi' has been removed from the list of regimes because the Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were revoked on 16 May 2024.

  6. Updated to include the new UK sanctions regime relating to Iran.

  7. Added a link to the UK sanctions relating to Haiti regime page.

  8. Updated to show that new designations have been made under the Russia sanctions regime.

  9. Added contact information for the Export Support Service.

  10. Added a link to the new Sanctions Regulations Report on Annual Reviews 2021

  11. The new Myanmar sanctions regime has been published.

  12. The global anti-corruption sanctions regime has been published

  13. The UK's sanctions framework has changed.

  14. First published.

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