Fees
If you’re moving plants from England, Wales or Scotland to Northern Ireland, you do not need to pay for them to be inspected and certified. Your certifier invoices the government for these costs as part of the movement assistance scheme (MAS).
The following fees apply to exports from England and Wales to the EU and non-EU countries. For fees in Scotland please contact the Scottish government.
Inspection costs
For each inspection you’ll be charged a minimum of 30 minutes, which costs £127.60.
After that you’ll pay £63.80 for every 15 minutes of an inspector’s time spent on:
carrying out the inspection on site
associated on site activities
You’ll have to pay in full for every 15 minutes, even if it takes less time. For example, if it takes the inspector 42 minutes to do everything you will pay for 45 minutes.
The time it takes for the inspector to travel to and from the site to conduct the inspection is already included in the fees.
Certificate and laboratory costs
A phytosanitary certificate costs £25.52.
If you ask for an amendment to your phytosanitary certificate, you’ll pay £15.76.
You’ll pay £33.56 for each sample examined by a laboratory.
Application costs
If you submit an export certification application in paper form, rather than using the online eDomero system, you’ll pay an extra fee of £15.76.
Reduced fees
To apply for the concessionary rate you must fill in the Application for export services at concessionary rates form (PDF, 518 KB, 1 page) and send it to APHA before you apply for a phytosanitary certificate. The concessionary rate is for the first £1,500 (full price value) of APHA services in a financial year if any of the following apply:
you’re exporting VAT-exempt goods
you’re not registered for VAT and do not need to be registered in that financial year
your certified exports were worth less than £5,000 in the last financial year
