Bringing plants and wood into Great Britain

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Plants and plant-based products from outside the EU

If you鈥檙e bringing plants and plant-based products (like wood) from outside the EU, Switzerland and Liechtenstein you鈥檒l need a 鈥榩hytosanitary鈥� (plant health) certificate.

This includes, for example:

  • all plants for planting
  • parts of trees used as decoration
  • cut flowers and foliage
  • natural (non-manufactured) wood

If you鈥檙e bringing in over 2kg of plants for planting, you must arrange for a plant health inspector to inspect your plants when they enter Great Britain. Contact the plant health authority in the country you鈥檙e bringing plants into.

Check how to get a phytosanitary certificate.