Read guidance on plant and plant product imports and exports between the UK and the EU. If you’re unsure whether your consignment needs UK plant passports, contact APHA at or Forestry Commission at you’re moving regulated plants, some seeds and seed potatoes from Great Britain to Northern Ireland you may need a phytosanitary certificate.
If you’re a professional operator in England or Wales producing or moving plants and plant material within Great Britain, to the Isle of Man or to the Channel Islands, you must follow this APHA advice. You can issue UK plant passports yourself, but you must be authorised by the Animal and Plant Health Agency ( APHA), or the Forestry Commission depending on the goods.
wood products - this includes chips, particles, shavings, sawdust, wood waste or scrap and some other types of wood product where there could still be a phytosanitary risk, even after processing.UK plant passports are issued in place of EU plant passports.Ī UK plant passport is an official document you need to move plants and certain regulated wood within Great Britain, to the Isle of Man or to the Channel Islands. Professional operators in Great Britain no longer issue EU plant passports.