Plant, plant product or seeds

Malus domestica

This guidance is for information only. It is your responsibility to check the relevant legislation, including the assimilated EU Regulation (Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/2072). Not complying with the requirements under the legislation may lead to delays and penalties at the customs border.

• Preferred name:

  Malus domestica

• EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation) code: MABSD

Importing Malus domestica from United States

Import rules

Produce (other than fruit or seeds not intended for planting)

To import Malus domestica from United States in the above format, you will need to:

• register to import if you're a first-time importer
• get a phytosanitary certificate from the National Plant Protection Organisation of the exporting country
• meet the ISPM 15 international standard for any wood packaging material you use
• notify the relevant authorities about your import
• comply with documentary, identity and physical checks at the border
• pay fees, which will include plant health checks

The phytosanitary certificate may need an additional declaration.To find out, check the additional declaration tool.

Fruit

To import Malus domestica from United States in the above format, you will need to:

• get a phytosanitary certificate from the National Plant Protection Organisation of the exporting country
• meet the ISPM 15 international standard for any wood packaging material you use

The phytosanitary certificate may need an additional declaration.To find out, check the additional declaration tool.

Seeds not intended for planting

To import Malus domestica from United States in the above format, you will need to meet the ISPM 15 international standard for any wood packaging material you use. Your goods will be exempt from systematic controls at the border.

You can find out the number of interceptions that have taken place at the border.

You can also find find out the frequency of checks for your goods.

Pests and diseases you must report

The following pests and diseases are considered a risk to Great Britain's agriculture, horticulture, wildlife or forests. If one of these pests or diseases is found during plant health inspections, action will be taken. This could result in consignments being delayed or destroyed.

You must report any suspicions of the pests or diseases to the relevant authority.

Scientific name	Common names
Acleris senescens	None
Meloidogyne javanica	Javanese root-knot nematode,Root gall nematodes,Root-knot nematodes,Sugarcane eelworm,Sugarcane nematode
Metcalfa pruinosa	citrus flatid planthopper
Ennomos subsignaria	Elm spanworm,snow-white linden moth,white ennomid
Gymnosporangium libocedri	Pear pacific coast rust
Alsophila pometaria	Fall cankerworm
Acleris minuta	lesser apple leaf-folder,yellow-headed fireworm
Xylosandrus compactus	Black coffee twig borer,Black twig borer
Eotetranychus sexmaculatus	Citrus spider mite,Six spotted spider mite
Malacosoma disstria	Forest tent caterpillar,Forest tent caterpillar moth
Graphocephala versuta	None
Chrysobothris femorata	flat-headed apple tree borer
Chrysobothris mali	Pacific flatheaded borer,,Plum and prune-Pacific flatheaded borer
Euwallacea fornicatus	Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer
Platynota stultana	Omnivorous leafroller
Orgyia leucostigma	White-marked Tussock Moth
Choristoneura conflictana	Aspen borer,Aspen tortrix, large,large aspen tortrix
Euzophera semifuneralis	American plum borer
Gymnosporangium yamadae	Apple juniper rust,Japanese apple rust,Japanese rust of apple
Rhagoletis pomonella	Apple fruit fly,Apple maggot,Apple maggot fly,Maggot, apple,Worm, railroad
Spodoptera litura	Asian cotton leafworm,Cluster caterpillar,Fall armyworm,Rice cutworm,Taro caterpillar,Tobacco budworm,Tobacco caterpillar,Tobacco cutworm,Tobacco leaf caterpillar
Saperda candida	Round headed apple tree borer,Saskatoon borer
Conotrachelus nenuphar	American plum weevil,Plum curculio,Plum weevil
Archips fuscocupreanus	Apple, tortrix
Grapholita packardi	Cherry fruit worm
Grapholita prunivora	Lesser apple moth,Lesser apple worm,Plum moth
Phyllosticta solitaria	Blotch of apple,Fruit blotch of pome fruits,Leaf spot of pome fruits,Teig cancer of pome fruits
Xiphinema rivesi	A dagger nematode
Gymnosporangium clavipes	Cedar-Quince rust,Quince rust,Rust of apple,Rust of juniper,Rust of quince
Trichoferus campestris	None
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora	Phymatotrichum root rot,Root rot of conifers,Root rot of soybean,Soft rot of cotton,Texas root rot of alfalfa,Texas root rot of bean,Texas root rot of cotton,Texas root rot of grapevine
Popillia japonica	Japanese beetle
Lopholeucaspis japonica	Japanese maple scale,Pear white scale
Malacosoma americanum	Eastern tent caterpillar
Alternaria mali	Alternaria blotch of apple,Cork spot of apple,Leaf spot of apple,Storage rot of apple
Choristoneura rosaceana	Oblique-banded leafroller,rosaceous leaf roller
Anoplophora glabripennis	Asian longhorn beetle,Starry sky beetle
Meloidogyne mali	Apple root knot nematode
Cheravirus avii	American rasp leaf of cherry,flat apple,rasp leaf of cherry
Xylosandrus crassiusculus	Apple bark beetle,Asian ambrosia beetle,Granulate ambrosia beetle
Gymnosporangium globosum	American hawthorn rust,American rust of hawthorn,cedar-hawthorn rust,Rust of apple,Rust of juniper
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae	American apple rust,American rust of apple,Cedar/apple rust,Rust of American cedar,Rust of juniper
Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni	Albino disease of cherry,Buckskin of cherry,Cherry buckskin,Leaf casting yellows of peach,X disease of peach,Yellow leafroll of peach
Anthonomus quadrigibbus	Apple curculio,large apple curculio,Western curculio

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