Strict controls on pine and cedar tree imports into Great Britain implemented

26 May 2022

The new regulation, in the form of a Statutory Instrument, strengthens requirements for the import of pine and cedar trees into Great Britain from Friday 29 April. The bolstered measures only permit imports of these species, both of which are host species of Pine Processionary Moth, from:

• Countries officially confirmed by the National Plant Protection Organisation as free of Pine Processionary Moth;
• Officially designated pest-free areas;
• Nurseries where the trees have been grown under complete physical protection for their lifetime.

The controls apply to all businesses which import living plants and their constituent parts, including live plant foliage and plants for planting, into Great Britain.

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