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Publication of the ECO Dual-Use Study

NOTICE TO EXPORTERS - 2009/28 - 11 December 2009

  1. The Export Control Organisation (ECO) has published a summary of findings from an independent study into compliance levels in the dual-use sector. survey is available at:
    Export control organisation: dual-use compliance study. Summary of results and key findingsPDF document (152KB)

     

  2. The report was commissioned jointly with the Trade Policy Unit within the Europe, International Trade and Development (EITD) Directorate of the Department for Business. The study was carried out during Spring 2009.

     

  3. The results of the study are very positive and are consistent with the ECO’s own compliance audits, recent HMRC surveys, and other evidence related to compliance. Results indicate that deliberate non-compliance in the dual-use sector is not widespread. Some key highlights are:
  • 88% of all respondents agreed that UK businesses take export control compliance very seriously.
  • On average respondents felt that their own companies were fully compliant in 91% of cases where the controls applied.
  • Encouragingly, the vast majority of respondents (99%) felt that their organisation’s compliance with dual-use export controls was either being maintained or getting better. While any deterioration in compliance is a cause for concern, only 1% said that they thought their organisation’s compliance was getting worse.
  1. As well as providing an indication of compliance levels the study aimed to help the ECO improve awareness, communications and compliance by exploring respondent’s perceptions of current information sources relating to the ECO and dual-use controls. Again, results in this area were largely positive with 87% of respondents saying that their opinion of ECO is favourable or very favourable. There was praise, on the whole, for the ECO’s training events, ECO website and its electronic application processing system SPIRE.

     

  2. The feedback provided will help develop the ECO’s communications and implementation strategies to further increase awareness and compliance with strategic export controls.

     

  3. We would like to thank all those who participated in the study.

     

  4. For further details of strategic export controls please contact the ECO.

     

    This notice is for information purposes only and has no force in law. Please note that where legal advice is required exporters should make their own arrangements.

     

    Export Control Organisation

    11 December 2009
    NTE200928

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