Directorate for Defence Procurement

• UK Sanctions ListActive listingID MYA0033

  Source

  Verified: copied from a structured field of an authoritative source

  Source

  UK Sanctions List

  Retrieved

  2026-09-29

  Source date

  2025-04-09

  Extractor

  uk-xml-parser

  Raw evidence

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      <LastUpdated>09/04/2025</LastUpdated>
      <DateDesignated>10/12/2021</DateDesignated>
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      <Names>
        <Name>
          <Name6>Directorate for Defence Procurement</Name6>
          <NameType>Primary Name</NameType>
        </Name>
      </Names>
      <RegimeName>The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021</RegimeName>
      <IndividualEntityShip>Entity</IndividualEntityShip>
      <DesignationSource>UK</DesignationSource>
      <SanctionsImposed>Asset freeze|Director Disqualification Sanction</SanctionsImposed>
      <SanctionsImposedIndicators>
        <AssetFreeze>true</AssetFreeze>
        <ArmsEmbargo>false</ArmsEmbargo>
        <TargetedArmsEmbargo>false</TargetedArmsEmbargo>
        <CharteringOfShips>false</CharteringOfShips>
        <ClosureOfRepresentativeOffices>false</ClosureOfRepresentativeOffices>
        <CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>false</CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>
        <Deflag>false</Deflag>
        <PreventionOfBusinessArrangements>false</PreventionOfBusinessArrangements>
        <ProhibitionOfPortEntry>false</ProhibitionOfPortEntry>
        <TravelBan>false</TravelBan>
        <PreventionOfCharteringOfShips>false</PreventionOfCharteringOfShips>
        <PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>false</PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>
        <TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>false</TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>
        <TrustServicesSanctions>false</TrustServicesSanctions>
        <DirectorDisqualificationSanction>true</DirectorDisqualificationSanction>
      </SanctionsImposedIndicators>
      <OtherInformation>The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.</OtherInformation>
      <UKStatementofReasons>
  The Directorate of Procurement sits within the Myanmar Ministry of Defence, which is responsible for the Myanmar Armed Forces who are perpetrating a campaign of violence and human rights violations across Myanmar. The Commander-in-Chief, a designated individual in his own right, is associated with the Directorate of Procurement in his capacity as head of the Tatmadaw. Evidence indicates the Directorate of Procurement plays a central role in procuring and maintain weapons and equipment for the Myanmar Armed Forces, allowing them to continue to repress peaceful protests in Myanmar.
  </UKStatementofReasons>
      <Addresses>
        <Address>
          <AddressLine6>Nay Pyi Taw</AddressLine6>
          <AddressCountry>Myanmar</AddressCountry>
        </Address>
      </Addresses>
      <EntityDetails>
        <Entity>
          <TypeOfEntities>
            <TypeOfEntity>Public Company </TypeOfEntity>
          </TypeOfEntities>
        </Entity>
      </EntityDetails>
    </Designation>

  Name on list

  Directorate for Defence Procurement

  Programmes / regimes

  Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021

  Listed on

  2021-12-10

  Last updated

  2025-04-09

  Countries

  Burma (Myanmar)

  Addresses

  Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

  Identifiers

  OFSI group ID: 14166

  Remarks

  The Directorate of Procurement sits within the Myanmar Ministry of Defence, which is responsible for the Myanmar Armed Forces who are perpetrating a campaign of violence and human rights violations across Myanmar. The Commander-in-Chief, a designated individual in his own right, is associated with the Directorate of Procurement in his capacity as head of the Tatmadaw. Evidence indicates the Directorate of Procurement plays a central role in procuring and maintain weapons and equipment for the Myanmar Armed Forces, allowing them to continue to repress peaceful protests in Myanmar. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025. Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze|Director Disqualification Sanction

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