Prohibited Commodities

Some commodities are prohibited for import into GB from all or certain countries. Those commodities are subject to a permanent prohibition due to an inherent pest and disease risk (Table 1) . There are also goods that are prohibited pending a submission of a technical dossier from an exporting National Plant Protection Organisation to support the import of a specific trade (Table 2). Finally, there are goods that are subject to emergency control measures (Table 3).

Prohibitions should always be cross checked against the legislation to ensure they are up to date.

Table 1 – Prohibited commodities

	(1) Description of plants, plant products or other objects	(2) Third country, group of third countries or specific area of third country
1.	Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Abies Mill., Cedrus Trew, Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L., Pseudotsuga Carr. and Tsuga Carr (and other than naturally or artificially dwarfed plants of Chamaecyparis Spach., Juniperus L., or Pinus L., either entirely of the species Pinus parviflora Sieb. & Zucc. (Pinus pentaphylla Mayr), or of Pinus parviflora Sieb & Zucc. grafted on a rootstock of a Pinus species other than Pinus parviflora Sieb. & Zucc., originating in the Republic of Korea) and other than naturally or artificially dwarfed plants of Chamaecyparis Spach., Juniperus L., or Pinus L., either entirely of the species Pinus thunbergia Parl. or of Pinus thunbergia Parl. grafted on a rootstock of a Pinus species other than Pinus thunbergia Parl., originating in Japan.	Any third country other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, EU Member States, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine
2.	Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Castanea Mill. and Quercus L., with leaves	Any third country other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, EU Member States, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian, Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine
3.	Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Populus L., with leaves	Canada, Mexico, and USA
4.	Isolated bark of Castanea Mill.	Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland
5.	Isolated bark of Quercus L., other than Quercus suber L	Canada, Mexico, and USA
6.	Isolated bark of Acer saccharum Marsh	Canada, Mexico, and USA
7.	Isolated bark of Populus L.	The Americas
8.	Plants for planting, other than dormant plants free from leaves, flowers, and fruits, of Chaenomeles Ldl., Crataegus L., Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L., and Rosa L	Any third country other than: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, EU Member States, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine
9.	Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Cydonia Mill., Malus Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L. and their hybrids, and Fragaria L.	Any third country other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Canary Islands, Egypt, EU Member States, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (SeveroKavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and USA, other than Hawaii
10.	Plants, other than fruits, of Vitis L.	Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland
11.	Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle and Poncirus Raf., and their hybrids	Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland
12.	Plants for planting, other than dormant plants free from leaves, flowers, and fruits, of Photinia Ldl	China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Republic of Korea, and USA
13.	Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Phoenix spp.	Algeria and Morocco
14.	Plants for planting, other than seeds, of the family Poaceae , other than plants of ornamental perennial grasses of the subfamilies Bambusoideae and Panicoideae and of the genera Buchloe , Bouteloua Lag., Calamagrostis , Cortaderia Stapf., Glyceria R. Br., Hakonechloa Mak. ex Honda, Hystrix , Molinia , Phalaris L., Shibataea , Spartina Schreb., Stipa L. and Uniola L.	Any third country other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Egypt, EU Member States, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine
15.	Tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., seed potatoes	Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland
16.	Plants for planting of stolon- or tuber forming species of Solanum L. and their hybrids, other than tubers of Solanum tuberosum L. specified in entry 15	Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland
17.	Tubers of species of Solanum L., and their hybrids, other than those specified in entries 15 and 16	Any third country other than Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, EU Member States, Israel, Libya, Liechtenstein, Morocco, Serbia, Syria, Switzerland, Tunisia, and Turkey
18.	Plants for planting of Solanaceae other than seeds and the plants specified in entries 15, 16 and 17	Any third country other than: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Egypt, EU Member States, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug)), San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine
19.	Soil consisting in part of solid organic substances	Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland
20.	Growing medium, other than soil, consisting in whole or in part of solid organic substances, other than any composed entirely of peat or fibre of Cocos nucifera L., previously not used for growing of plants or for any agricultural purposes	Any third country other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland
21.	Plants, other than fruit and seeds, of Fraxinus L.	Any third country where Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire is known to occur

Table 2 – Prohibited commodities pending risk assessments

Plants for planting, other than seeds, in vitro material and naturally or artificially dwarfed woody plants for planting, originating from any third country, other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, and belonging to the following genera or species:

	Description	Countries
1.	Acacia Mill.
2.	Acer L.	Acer L., other than one- to three-year old bare rooted, dormant, free of leaves, grafted or budded plants for planting of Acer japonicum Thunberg, Acer palmatum Thunberg, and Acer shirasawanum Koidzumi, originating in New Zealand
3.	Albizia Durazz.	Albizia Durazz., other than bare-rooted dormant grafted plants for planting with a maximum diameter of 2,5 cm of Albizia julibrissin Durazzini originating in Israel
4.	Alnus Mill.
5.	Annona L.
6.	Bauhinia L.
7.	Berberis L.
8.	Betula L.
9.	Caesalpinia L.
10.	Cassia L.
11.	Castanea Mill.
12.	Cornus L.
13.	Corylus L.
14.	Crataegus L.
15.	Diospyros L.
16.	Fagus L.
17.	Ficus carica L.
18.	Fraxinus L.
19.	Hamamelis L.
20.	Jasminum L.
21.	Juglans L.
22.	Ligustrum L.
23.	Lonicera L.
24.	Malus Mill.	Malus Mill., other than one- to two-year old bare rooted, dormant, grafted plants for planting of Malus domestica originating in Serbia
25.	Nerium L.
26.	Persea Mill.
27.	Populus L.
28.	Prunus L.
29.	Quercus L.
30.	Robinia L.	Robinia L., other than bare rooted dormant grafted plants for planting with a maximum diameter of 2,5 cm of Robinia pseudoacacia L. originating in Israel
31.	Salix L.
32.	Sorbus L.
33.	Taxus L.
34.	Tilia L.
35.	Ulmus L.

Plants of Ullucus tuberosus originating from all third countries, other than EU Member States, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

Fruits of Momordica L. originating from third countries or areas of third countries where Thrips palmi Karny is known to occur and where effective mitigation measures for that pest are lacking.

Plants of Polymnia sonchifolia Pöppig & Endlicher, originating from any third country.

Plants of Abies Mill., Pinus L., Picea Mill., Larix Mill., and Tsuga Carr., originating from Russia.

Table 3 – Prohibited commodities under emergency control measures

	(1) Description of plants, plant products or other objects	(2) Third country, group of third countries or specific area of third country
1.	Plants for planting, other than seeds, of Coffea	Costa Rica and Honduras
2.	Isolated bark of Acer macrophyllum Pursh, Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt., Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd., Quercus spp. L. and Taxus brevifolia Nutt.	The USA

Please note: This document is not legally binding; it is meant purely for information purposes.

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Table 1 – Prohibited commodities

Table 2 – Prohibited commodities pending risk assessments

Table 3 – Prohibited commodities under emergency control measures