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Frequency of plant health import inspections across GB

Frequency of Plant Health Import Inspections Across GB 

These frequencies apply to certain regulated goods imported into Great Britain. This GB focused risk-based import inspection regime aims to ensure that impacts from plant health checks are kept at a level appropriate to the degree of risk posed by different categories of commodities and that Great Britain’s phytosanitary regime remains appropriate to address the biosecurity risks which GB faces.  

The frequencies are detailed in Table 1.  

Table 1: Frequencies of Checks applicable for goods specified in Part A of Annex 11 of the retained Phytosanitary Conditions Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. 

Category and description of plant, plant product or other object Country of origin Frequency of Physical and Identity check (%) Frequency of documentary check (%)
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers (other than tubers of potatoes), onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, dormant, not in substrate
All genera intended for planting, other than commercial flower production, and not intended for final users Any third country 100 100
All genera intended for planting, and intended for commercial flower production, or for final users Any third country 10 100
Cuttings, seedlings intended for planting, not specified or included anywhere else in this table
All genera  Any third country 100 100
Plants for planting
Woody plants(2) (other than specified or included elsewhere in this table), intended for planting and intended for final users(1). All genera Any third country 100 100
Non-woody plants(3) (other than specified or included elsewhere in this table), intended for planting. All genera Any third country 30 100
Indoor plants(4). All genera Any third country 5 100
Other plants (other than specified or included elsewhere in this table), intended for planting. All genera Any third country 100 100
Cut flowers
Dendranthema (DC.) Des Moul. (Chrysanthemum L.)   Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Columbia   or Ecuador 50 100
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Columbia  , Ecuador, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Eryngium Tournier ex Linnaeus. Any third country other than an EU Member State  , European third country, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 10 100
Lisianthus L. Any third country other than an EU member state, European third country, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 10 100
Rosa L.   Colombia, Ecuador 3 100
Canada, India, Mexico or the USA 50 100
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Switzerland or the USA 5 100
Solidago L.  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 10 100
Other genera not specified or included elsewhere in this table  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers (other than bark or cut Christmas trees)
All genera  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Fruit, vegetables, leaves
Momordica L.  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 50 100
Ocimum L.  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 50 100
Solanaceae Juss. (other than Solanum tuberosum L. Solanum lycopersicum   , Solanum melongena L. and Capsicum sp.)  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 50 100
Solanum lycopersicum     Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Morocco 5 100
Canary Islands  25 100
Any third country other than the Canary Islands, an EU Member State, Liechtenstein, Morocco or Switzerland   100 100
Solanum melongena L.   Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Turkey   30 100
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein, Switzerland or Turkey 50 100
Capsicum  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 100 100
Zea mays  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 100 100
Ipomoea batatas   Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than Cameroon, an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Cameroon 100 100
Persea americana  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Vitis  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Malus       Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
European third countries(5) 15 100
Argentina 35 100
Chile 5 100
New Zealand 10 100
South Africa 15 100
Any third country other than Argentina, Chile, an EU Member State, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland or European Third countries(5) 100 100
Pyrus     Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Argentina 25 100
Chile 15 100
South Africa 10 100
Any third country other than Argentina, Chile, an EU Member State, Liechtenstein, South Africa or Switzerland 100 100
Fragaria  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Rubus  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Vaccinium      Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
European third countries(5) 50 100
Argentina 25 100
Chile 10 100
Peru 10 100
Any third country other than Argentina, Chile, an EU Member State, Liechtenstein, Peru, Switzerland or European Third Countries(5) 100 100
Zingiber officinale   Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than Cameroon, an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Cameroon 100 100
Asparagus officinalis  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 100 100
Other genera or species of fruit or vegetables not specified or included elsewhere in this table  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Other leaves not specified or included elsewhere in this table  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Seeds (for sowing), tissue cultures
All genera, for trials or testing  Any third country 10 100
Brassicaceae (other than for trials or testing) Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay 100 100
Capsicum spp. L. (other than for trials or testing) Any third country 100 100
Poaceae (other than for trials or testing) Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay 100 100
Solanum lycopersicum L. (other than for trials or testing) Any third country 100 100
Solanum tuberosum L. (True seed) (other than for trials or testing) Any third country 100 100
Trifolium spp. (other than for trials or testing) Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay 100 100
Other genera or species not specified or included elsewhere in this table Any third country 5 100
Grain (other than seeds for sowing)
Secale L. Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA 100 100
Triticum L. Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA 100 100
X Triticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA 100 100
Tubers of potatoes
Solanum tuberosum L. (seed potatoes) Any third country 100 100
Solanum tuberosum L. (ware potatoes)   Egypt, Poland, Portugal or Romania 50 100
Spain 100 100
Any third country other than Egypt, Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain 3 100
Cut Christmas trees (less than 3 metres in height)
All genera  Any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 3 3
Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 5 100
Machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes
Machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes Any third country 5 100

 

(1) “Intended for final users” means intended, by evidence from the packaging, labelling or by other means, for direct supply to final users. 

(2)“Woody plants” means plants which have a woody or partly woody stem, and includes all trees, forest reproductive material (other than seed), shrubs and palms, and those vines and perennial herbs with woody or partly woody stems; and for this purpose, “perennial herbs” means herbs for which the average life exceeds two years. 

(3) “Non-woody plants” means plants which are not woody plants. 

(4)“Indoor plants” means plants which appear from their packaging, labelling or by other means to be intended for direct supply to final users for indoor use or use in aquaria. 

(5) European Countries = includes Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, the Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralnyfederalny okrug), Federal District (Severo-Zapadnyfederalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhnyfederalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazskyfederalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhskyfederalny okrug), San Marino, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine).