ASHFORD PORT HEALTH ARE APPROVED FOR CERTIFYING EXPORT HEALTH CERTIFICATES
Find out more information about approved certifiers.
DEFRA have published a communication to the industry regarding IUU - Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing.
Read the IUU Letter From DEFRA 6 March 2023 [docx] 34kb
Should you require any information regarding IUU Consignments,
Please email porthealth@ashford.gov.uk for further information.
Fees
This page outlines charges for the Port Health Services at the Sevington Border Control Post. Click on a heading to expand and view tables of fees.
+ Common Health Entry Document (CHED) Fees
| Product weight | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| Consignments Up to 6 tonnes (Minimum Charge) | 63.00 |
| Cost per tonne thereafter up to 45 tonnes | 10.00 |
| Consignments of 46 tonnes and over | 476.00 |
| Product weight | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| Consignments Up to 6 tonnes (Minimum Charge) | 55.00 |
| Cost per tonne thereafter up to 45 tonnes | 9.00 |
| Consignments of 46 tonnes and over | 415.00 |
| Product weight | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| Up to 500 tonnes | 679.00 |
| Between 500 and 1000 tonnes | 1358.00 |
| Between 1000 and 2000 tonnes | 2717.00 |
| More than 2000 tonnes | 4075.00 |
| Risk category/service | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| Risk category II products (30%) | 73.00 |
| Risk category III products (15%) | 88.00 |
| Risk category IV products (5%) | 99.00 |
| Risk category V products (1%) | 103.00 |
| If sampled: | |
| Admin Fee |
104.00 |
| Lab Fee | Assigned by Lab |
| Service | £ |
|---|---|
| Minimum Fee | 104.00 |
| Per additional quarter hour | 26.00 |
| Service | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| Per CHED entered | 13.00 |
| Photocopy document | 1.00 |
| Late notification fee | |
| Per CHED not submitted before the arrival of the cargo | 103.00 |
| Non compliance charge | |
| Per rejected consignment | 152.00 |
+ Common Entry Document (CED) - High Risk Non Animal Origin Fees
| Service | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| Documentary check | 66.00 |
| Sampling less than 10 sub-samples | 102.00 |
| Sampling 10-59 sub-samples |
128.00 |
| Sampling 60 or more sub-samples | 180.00 |
| Non - compliance charge | 152.00 |
| Supervisory fee for disposals | 208.00 |
| Late notification fee | 103.00 |
| Analysts fee |
Assigned by Laboratory Band A £62.10 Band B £124.20 Band C £186.30 Band D £248.40 Band E £310.50 Band F £ 372.60 Band G £434.70 Band H £496.80 |
+ Radiation - Japanese Control Measures Fees
| Service/Product | £ |
|---|---|
| Products of Animal Origin | 248.00 |
| Non animal origin | 66.00 |
| Sampled non-animal origin | |
| Identity and sampling | 102.00 |
| Analysis - assigned by Lab | |
| Non compliance | 152.00 |
| Supervisory Fee for Disposal | 208.00 |
| Late notification fee | 103.00 |
+ Guar Gum from India Fees
| Service | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| Documentary check (CHED) | 66.00 |
| Sampling analysis | 102.00 |
| Analytical cost | Assigned by lab |
| Non-compliance |
152.00 |
| Supervisory Fee for Disposal | 208.00 |
| Late notification fee | 103.00 |
+ Plastic Kitchenware (China and Hong Kong) Control Measures Fees
| Service | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| 1-5 Certificates | 53.00 |
| 6-10 Certificates | 77.00 |
| 11-20 Certificates | 107.00 |
| 21+ Certificates | 136.00 |
| Identity, Physical Check and Sampling | 82.00 |
| Analytical cost | Assigned by Lab |
| Confirmatory test for nylon |
Assigned by Lab |
| Non-compliance | 152.00 |
| Late notification fee | 103.00 |
+ Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) Fees
Ashford Port Health uses a per consignment basis for its charges, Where multiple catch certificates are submitted for the same consignment, which include high and low risk country certificates, the higher risk charge is applied.
| Risk/Service | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| High Risk | |
| 1-5 | 53.00 |
| 6-10 | 81.00 |
| 11-20 | 94.00 |
| 21+ | 108.00 |
| Low Risk | |
| 1-5 | 27.00 |
| 6-10 | 48.00 |
| 11-20 | 60.00 |
| 21+ | 74.00 |
| Formal Verification/Movement Control Notice | 104.00 |
| Per quarter hour | 26.00 |
| Non-compliance | 152.00 |
| Late notification fee | 103.00 |
+ Organic Import Controls Fees
| Service | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| Current national flat rate | 66.00 |
| Late notification fee | 103.00 |
| Movement control | 152.00 |
| Non compliance charge | 152.00 |
+ Genetically Modified (GM) Controls for Rice Products from China Fees
| Service | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| Documentary Check | 66.00 |
| Identity checks, physical check and sampling | 66.00 |
| Analyst Fee | See Analysyt Fees for HRFNOAO |
| Full sample (raw material) - Assigned by lab | See Analysyt Fees for HRFNOAO |
| Reduced sample (processed product) - Assigned by lab | See Analysyt Fees for HRFNOAO |
| Non-compliance | 152.00 |
| Supervisory fee for disposal | 208.00 |
+ Other Charges
| Other Charges | Price (£) |
|---|---|
| Refund of PHILIS deposit | 34.00 |
| Disposal by incineration NOA per kg | 0.26 |
| Disposal by incineration POAO per kg | 0.35 |
| Export Health Fees - Preparation of document (incl first hour) Subsequent hours charged at staff hourly rate (pro-rata) | 116.00 |
| Staff hourly rate | 104.00 |
| Certificate of destruction | 31.00 |
| Non compliance charge for all products without an official import declaration | 152.00 |
| Disposal collection fees | |
| Up to 0.9 tonnes in 3.5T Lorry | 282.00 |
| Up to 1.5 tonnes in 7.5T Lorry | 282.00 |
| Up to 10 tonnes in 18T Lorry | 343.00 |
| Up to 20 tonnes in artic | 462.00 |
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