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The Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate ( HMI) inspects imports in England and Wales. Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture ( SASA) inspects imports in Scotland. Seasonality varies with product, growing season, and growing method, and is important for understanding how the UK’s fresh fruit and vegetable ( FFV) supply changes during the year. Domestic production is concentrated in the summer months, particularly for higher value crops like berries. The UK is largely self-sufficient in production of grains, producing over 100% of domestic consumption of oats and barley and over 90% of wheat. Average yields over recent decades have been broadly stable but fluctuate from year to year as a result of better or worse weather. Increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather as a result of climate change is likely to exacerbate these fluctuations. Wheat yields in 2020 were the lowest since 1981 due to of unusually bad weather. However, preliminary data indicates they have since increased in 2021. A certificate of conformity shows that the product meets the Specific Marketing Standards for that product. If both of these conditions apply to your consignment of GMS products, you may need to submit a PEACH application requesting a certificate of conformity for GMS goods. You should follow the import procedures for GMS goods.

WRAP, ‘Working together to protect critical water resources’, https://wrap.org.uk/resources/report/working-together-protect-critical-water-resources. ↩ The dairy industry in Australia is heavily influenced by international markets, trends, and events, primarily because it is a deregulated, open market. Although most of the dairy products produced in Australia are consumed locally, Australia is a key exporter of dairy, particularly to China and Japan. Thousands of Australians are employed directly through dairy farms or dairy companies. Furthermore, the subsequent processing of dairy products provides even more employment opportunities.Pre-notification’ means giving advance notice to the responsible authority for goods that arrive in Great Britain. It contains statistics for different time periods, but always using latest available data at the time of release. Data comes from surveys run by Defra and from a wide range of other sources including government departments, agencies and commercial organisations, in the UK and internationally. Pig and poultry production has increased substantially over the last 12 years, which may reflect higher demand for cheaper meats in more economically challenging times, and greater efficiency in poultry production. Total head count for pigs in June has reduced from 7.8 million in 1980 to 5.1 million in 2020, with a steep decrease of over 3 million between 1998 and 2003; annual sales are around 10 million head. Poultry population for meat in June has doubled from 60 million in 1984 to about 120 million in 2020, with over 1 billion birds sold for meat.

If you import any regulated and notifiable goods on the high-priority goods list ( ODT, 12.6 KB), follow the rules for high-priority goods. HMI or SASA may inspect a small sample of goods from countries with GB AIS status to make sure they comply with the quality and labelling rules. If you import fruit and vegetables into Great Britain from a non-EU country and a proportion of your consignment is re-exported to the EU, your consignment needs to undergo both import and export processes. Importing green bananas from the EU and non-EU countries to Great Britain In terms of land and energy use, there is also an opportunity cost when feeding these calories to animals rather than directly to humans, considering a substantial proportion are cereals and other high protein and energy crops. Reducing their use as feed crops would free up land and resources for other land uses. However, animal feed can play a role in making use of surplus foodstuffs that would otherwise be wasted. There may also be opportunities for novel feedstuffs for animals that could be more efficient, such as insect protein. Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme 2018 to 2021, Developed from Joanna Jones, Edward Pope, Debbie Hemming, Freya Garry, James Bacon and Jemma Davie, ‘Future climate risk to UK agriculture from compound events’, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096321000115. ↩

PLANT HEALTH & HMI IMPORTS / HMI EXPORTS - USER GUIDE TO PRE-NOTIFICATION ON PEACH

Inefficiencies and wastage in food production and processing reduce both the quantity of food that can be consumed domestically or be exported. They also represent unnecessary land and resource use, contributes millions of tonnes of carbon emissions, and involves billions of pounds of wasted value. Plant product’ means products of plant origin that are unprocessed or have had a simple preparation. This includes wood and bark. Phased plant health controls for imports For these reasons, the mix of grain grown in the UK differs somewhat from the grain consumed in the UK. Grain alone does not provide a healthy and nutritious diet or meet consumer demand for a varied diet. However, from a purely calorific perspective, the (below average) grain yield in 2020 of 19 million tonnes would be sufficient to sustain the population. It is equivalent to 283kg per person, 0.8 kilos per day. A kilo of wheat provides 3,400 calories (and barley slightly more at 3520 calories), making 0.8 kilos of grain over 2,600 calories, compared to recommended calorie intake of 2 to 2500 for adults. From these figures it is easy to demonstrate that, even without accounting for other domestic products like potatoes, vegetables, grass-fed meat and dairy, and fisheries, current UK grain production alone could meet domestic calorie requirements if it was consumed directly by humans in a limited choice scenario. Overreliance on one geographical area and dependence on particular supply sources makes food supply more vulnerable, while diversity of sources makes it more resilient. UK consumer preferences and diets include a range of products that cannot be grown in the UK or cannot be grown year-round. Therefore, the UK does not produce everything it eats or eat everything it produces.

A risk-based approach applies to controls on fruit and vegetables from Great Britain at points of entry in Northern Ireland. In line with the very low risk posed by GB goods, SMS and GMS goods can be released into free circulation (declared and customs duties paid) in Northern Ireland without needing a GB-issued certificate of conformity. This may change on the basis of risk. For many products seasonality is less marked. For example, tomatoes can be produced year-round, including in greenhouses in the UK but domestic production capacity is far below total demand and is supplemented throughout the year by imports. Trends The UK produces a significant proportion of the other domestic crops it needs, including 54% of fresh vegetables, 67% of sugar beet, 71% of potatoes, and 79% of oilseeds, though only 16% of fresh fruit. Apart from a reduction in oilseeds, these proportions have remained stable over the last ten years. Climate change represents a risk to existing production both in terms of making conditions unsuitable for some crops and allowing new pests to proliferate, although it may also benefit new types of crops. Context and rationale

After your consignment passes plant health controls, you can move it on. You will need a UK plant passport for movement of goods from the first place of destination if: For wood, wood products and bark, you’ll need to provide the Forestry Commission with original phytosanitary certificates within 3 days (or as soon as possible) of the consignment arriving in Great Britain. Updated section titled 'Artificially propagated specimens' - now titled 'Importing endangered and artificially propagated plants'. This section clarifies that CITES permits are needed for all endangered species and artificially propagated specimens listed on Species+.