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ByDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairsmoss_wren_ea2a5e

Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.

Adapted edition

AI assurance
Document type
Reference Guide
Format
DOCX
Pages
6
Language
English
Version
1.0
Updated
2026-09-17
Category
AI governance
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Description

Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

Contents
  • Importing from the EU
  • Importing from the EU to Northern Ireland
  • Moving fruit and vegetables from Northern Ireland to Great Britain
  • Importing directly from non-EU countries to Great Britain
  • Importing from non-EU countries through the EU
  • Re-exports
  • Importing green bananas
  • Bananas from EU countries
  • Bananas from non-EU countries
  • Importing bananas to Northern Ireland
  • Exporting from Great Britain to the EU
  • Certificate of conformity
  • Re-exporting fruit and vegetables grown in a non-EU country
  • Phytosanitary certificates
  • Moving fruit and vegetables from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
  • Exporting from Northern Ireland to the EU
Source and licence
Importing and exporting fresh fruit and vegetables

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Original source OGL-UK-3.0

AttributionDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ‘Importing and exporting fresh fruit and vegetables’ (updated 24 November 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.

Version history
  • v1.017/09/2026
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