Can you bring fresh fruit or produce to United Kingdom?

• Fresh produce & plants

  depends on specifics

  From the EU, Switzerland, or Liechtenstein: fruit, vegetables, and nuts/seeds may be brought in for personal consumption with no certificate needed. From all other (non-EU) countries: most fruit, vegetables, nuts, and seeds require a phytosanitary certificate issued by plant-health authorities in the departure country — but a specific named list is exempt from that requirement: pineapple, kiwi, coconut, citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit), kumquat, persimmon, durian, curry leaves, banana and plantain, mango, dates, passion fruit, and guava. Also exempt: processed/packaged plant products (e.g. packaged salads, frozen plant material), peeled or processed nuts and nut butters, and certain grains such as rice.

  The named non-EU exemption list is specific and non-obvious — a traveler bringing a fresh apple or a bag of raw almonds from outside the EU would need a certificate they almost certainly don't have, while the same traveler bringing a mango or a banana is fine. No quantity limit for any category is stated on this source.

  Also covers: fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, mango, banana, citrus, plants

  Checked 2026-09-14 — Source: gov.uk — Bringing fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds into Great Britain

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