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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 how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the flower-rich margins and plots option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the nectar flower mix option.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
What to do if you see a bloom of algae in a river, lake or the sea.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Western flower thrips causes considerable damage to plants through feeding, laying eggs and spreading tospoviruses
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for integrated pest management.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports, when you need to be authorised and plants that need passports.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.
Find out about the SFI actions for integrated pest management, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
The UK has suspended the Global Tariff for cut flowers to increase trade and provide better value for consumers
Information for prospective growers of low THC cannabis (industrial hemp), for the production of seed and fibre only.
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