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EU Imports to England & Wales Fees

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Fees for Plant Health Import Inspections in England and Wales 

Fees are aligned with the frequency of checks to ensure no over or under recovery of fees. High-risk commodities imported into England will be inspected at 100% frequency and will receive a 100% fee. Lower-risk commodities will be subject to reduced levels of physical and identity checks and have a proportionally reduced fee.   

Following a consultation in December 2021, we have also introduced a flat rate fee on plants for planting and cuttings, which ensures the same fees apply to imports of plants which:  

  1. Have completed their production stage in a third country (i.e. are intended for final users) 

  1. Will complete their production stage in Great Britain (i.e. are not intended for final users) 

The fees are shown in Table 1. 

Table 1; Fees for physical and identity (ID) inspections on goods from all third countries 

Category and description of plant, plant product or other object 

Country of origin 

Fee: Physical check (£) 

Fee: Identity check (£) 

Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers (other than tubers of potatoes), onions, shallots, garlic, leaks and other alliaceous vegetables, dormant, not in substrate 

All genera intended for planting, other than commercial flower production, and not intended for final users(1) 

Any third country 

205.04 

5.25 

All genera intended for planting, and intended for commercial flower production, or for final users(1) 

Any third country 

20.50 

0.52 

Cuttings, seedlings, intended for planting, not specified or included elsewhere in this table 

All genera 

Any third country 

32.15 

1.57 

Woody plants(2) (other than any specified or included elsewhere in this table), intended for planting 

All genera 

Any third country 

32.15 

1.57 

Non-woody plants(3) (other than any specified or included elsewhere in this table), intended for planting, and intended for final users(1) 

All genera 

Any third country 

32.15 

1.57 

Indoor plants(4) 

All genera 

Any third country

32.15 

1.57 

Other plants intended for planting, not specified or included elsewhere in this table 

All genera 

Any third country 

32.15 

1.57 

Cut flowers 

Dendranthema (DC.) Des Moul. (Chrysanthemum L.) 

Columbia or Ecuador 

21.37 

2.62 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Columbia, Ecuador, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

2.13 

0.26 

Eryngium Tournier ex Linnaeus. 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland and European Countries6 

4.27 

0.52 

LisianthusL. 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland and European Countries6 

4.27 

0.52 

Rosa L. 

Colombia, Ecuador 

1.28 

0.15 

Canada, India, Mexico or the USA 

21.37 

2.62 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, EU Countries6, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Switzerland or the USA 

2.13 

0.26 

Solidago L. 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

4.27 

0.52 

Other genera not specified or included elsewhere in this table 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

2.13 

0.26 

Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers (other than bark or cut Christmas trees) 

All genera 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

1.69 

0.26 

Fruit, vegetables, leaves 

Momordica L. 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

26.55 

2.62 

OcimumL. 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

35.84 

2.62 

Solanaceae Juss. (other than Solanum tuberosum L.) 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

26.55 

2.62 

Solanum melongena L. 

Turkey 

15.93 

1.57 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein, Switzerland or Turkey 

2.65 

0.26 

Solanum lycopersicum 

Canary Islands, Morocco 

2.65 

0.26 

Other genera or species of fruit or vegetables not specified or included elsewhere in this table 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

2.65 

0.26 

Other leaves not specified or included elsewhere in this table 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

3.58 

0.26 

Seeds (for sowing), tissue cultures 

All genera, for trials or testing5 

Any third country 

12.81 

0.52 

Brassicaceae (other than for trials or testing) 

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay 

128.13 

5.25 

Any third country other than Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay  

6.40 

0.26 

Capsicum spp. L. (other than for trials or testing) 

Any third country 

128.13 

5.25 

Poaceae(other than for trials or testing) 

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay 

128.13 

5.25 

Any third country other than Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay, EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

6.40 

0.26 

Secale L. (other than for trials or testing) 

Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA 

128.13 

5.25 

Any third country other than Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA, EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

6.40 

0.26 

Solanum lycopersicumL. (other than for trials or testing) 

Any third country

128.13 

5.25 

Solanum tuberosum L. (True seed) (other than for trials or testing) 

Any third country 

128.13 

5.25 

Trifolium spp. (other than for trials or testing) 

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay 

128.13 

5.25 

Any third country other than Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand or Uruguay, EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

6.40 

0.26 

Triticum L. (other than for trials or testing) 

Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA 

128.13 

5.25 

Any third country other than Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA, EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

6.40 

0.26 

XTriticosecaleWittm. ex A. Camus (other than for trials or testing) 

Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA 

128.13 

5.25 

Any third country other than Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA, EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

6.40 

0.26 

Other genera or species not specified or included elsewhere in this table5 

Any third country 

6.40 

0.26 

Grain (other than seeds for sowing) 

Secale L. 

Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA 

142.98 

5.25 

Triticum L. 

Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA 

142.98 

5.25 

XTriticosecaleWittm. ex A. Camus 

Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa or the USA 

142.98 

5.25 

Tubers of potatoes 

Solanum tuberosum L. (seed potatoes) 

Any third country 

156.69 

5.25 

Solanum tuberosum L. (ware potatoes) 

Egypt, Poland, Portugal or Romania 

78.34 

2.62 

Spain 

156.69 

5.25 

Any third country other than Egypt, Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain 

4.70 

0.15 

Cut Christmas trees (less than 3 metres in height) 

All genera 

Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland 

5.98 

0.26 

Machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes 

 

Any third country

5.98 

0.26 

(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) excludes seeds from EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland other than seeds of:  

Allium cepa L.; Allium porrum L.; Castanea Mill.; Capsicum spp. L.; Helianthus annuus L.; Medicago sativa L.; Phaseolus cocineus.; Phaseolus vulgaris L.; Solanum lycopersicum L.; Solanum tuberosum L. (True potato seed); Pisum sativum L.; Vicia faba L.; Brassica napus L.; Brassica rapa L.; Sinapis alba L.; Glycine max (L.) Merrill; Linum usitatissimum L. 

(6) 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-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazskyfederalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhskyfederalny okrug), San Marino, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine). 

For the applicable fees in Scotland, please see Indicative Fees for Plant Health Import Inspections in Scotland from 30 April 2024 (sasa.gov).