Goods Across Borders · Customs rule card
Fresh Fruit → United Kingdom
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2025-01-15
RESTRICTED
Post-Brexit POAO and phytosanitary rules
Details
Post-Brexit, the UK applies its own phytosanitary rules for fresh fruit from non-EU countries and is phasing in controls on EU fruit. Most commercially sourced fruit is from approved supply chains. Personal quantities of fruit from EU countries currently face minimal checks but this is changing.
Quantity limit
Personal quantities
Legal reference
Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) Order 2019
Practical advice
Post-Brexit rules are still being phased in. Most commercial fruit is fine.
Customs authority
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) · https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs