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Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
Find out how to import timber and wood material, including the documents, identity checks and plant health inspections required.
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
How to export certain types of regulated wood, wood products and bark from Great Britain to the world.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Collection of plant health guidance and forms for trading in wood, wood products, firewood, bark, dunnage or wood packaging.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Find out about the Woods into Management – Timber in Construction Innovation Fund and how you can compete for funding to help increase and facilitate the use of home-grown English wood and wood fibre in construction.
Guidance for businesses trading in timber and timber-related products.
Infographic illustrating the top GB ports and associated top international trading supply regions, where non-compliant wood-based material has been intercepted.
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
You or your appointed import agent must complete a notice of landing form so you can arrange an inspection of your imported timber, if necessary.
Find out about the Woods into Management Routes to Market for Ash Timber Innovation Fund and how you can compete for funding to help restore woodlands suffering from ash dieback.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
Upper Tribunal tax and Chancery decision of Judge Swami Raghavan and Judge Nicholas Aleksander on 08 April 2024
Find out which items you can or cannot claim a VAT refund for under the DIY Housebuilders' Scheme.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the wooden field gate item.
Landowner David Harding shares the successes of his tree planting project and reflects on the lessons learnt.
Details of our purchasing arrangements and information for those looking to become a supplier or contractor to the Environment Agency.
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