Fees 2026–2027

Products of Animal Origin

Charges for POAO imports are based on the gross weight of the product rounded up to the next full tonne.

There are two levels of charge, a standard charge which applies to the majority of imported products and one that applies to those from New Zealand, which is reduced to reflect the lower amount of work that we carry out in respect of these imports as a result of an Equivalence Agreement between the UK and New Zealand.

The charges are:

Other Administration charges for CHED-P’s 

Where Parent and Daughter CHEDs are required to be submitted there will be an additional charge of £57.45 per daughter CHED in addition to the parent CHED charge.

Other administration charges for CHED-Ps.

Additional charges for statutory sampling will be made as required.

High Risk Products – CHED-D Charges

A sub sample is the number of units that the legislation requires to be sampled to make up a sample that is representative of the whole consignment. Some contaminants, like aflatoxin, are not usually evenly spread throughout the consignment and a large number of incremental samples are required by the legislation. These samples take longer, so the charge is higher.

Where Parent and Daughter CHEDs are required to be submitted there will be an additional charge of £57.45 per daughter CHED in addition to the parent CHED charge.

Non-compliant consignment: £153.88

Plastic Kitchenware from China and Hong Kong

Document Check

Due to the additional work in checking and handling multiple documents charges have been introduced based on the number of analytical certificates that accompany the Declaration. The sliding scale of charges will be applied.

Non-compliant consignment – £153.88

Catch Certification under the IUU Fishing Controls

The following charges apply, and will be applied on a per consignment per country basis.

A consignment will be determined as goods covered by a distinct set of documentation e.g. where there is more than one processing statement in the IUU documentation (particularly where it pairs with a CHED-P), it is likely to be processed and charged separately.

For low risk consignments £30.47 per flag state country. 

Imports coming directly from the following flag states are currently defined as low risk:

• EU direct imports
• EEA/EFTA country (Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands).
• Country with a bilateral agreement with the EU for IUU purposes (USA, Canada, New Zealand), e.g. fish caught by a US fishing vessel and processed in a US approved establishment.

For high risk consignments £60.24 per flag state country.  

The following imports are currently defined as high risk:

• fish caught by other third country fishing vessel,
• fish from EU/bilateral/EEA/EFTA countries that have been processed in a third country (indirectly imported), e.g. fish caught by a US fishing vessel and processed in a Vietnamese approved establishment.  (Fish caught by a vessel registered to an EU/EFTA/bilateral country and subsequently processed in another third country loses its low risk status and is charged at the higher rate.)

Due to the additional work in checking documents from more than one country and checking and handling multiple documents additional charges have been introduced.

The appropriate checking fee of £30.47 or £60.24 is applied for each country that certification is received from. In addition where multiple certificates are submitted to accompany a consignment a sliding scale of charges will be applied:

The number of certificates are counted per country to reflect the amount of work incurred in checking the certification.

Intervention Charges

Charges for consignments requiring verification/ movement control intervention or non-conforming consignments have increased to accurately reflect the amount of additional work required to be undertaken for such consignments.

• Formal verification / movement control notices = £119.05
• Non-compliant IUU consignments = £153.88

GM Controls Rice and Rice Products China

Where a CHED-D is submitted for a product covered by GM and other high risk product controls e.g. rice noodles for aluminium, only one document check charge will apply.

Non-compliant consignment

£153.88

Organic Certificate Verification

Certificate verification

Issuing a Regulation 7 notice under the Organic Products Regulations 2009

£153.88

Ship Inspection Charges – For Ship Sanitation Certificates

The charges are calculated based on the gross tonnage of the vessel. The current charges are:

With the exception of: 

• Vessels with the capacity to carry between 50 and 1000 persons = £560
• Vessels with the capacity to carry more than 1000 persons = £955
• Extension of existing Ship Sanitation Certificate = £115
• Vessel inspection following notification from another Competent Authority of conditions on board requiring further investigation = £115

Water Sampling on Vessels

Standard Drinking Water Parameters – drinking water sampling for Coliforms, E.coli, and Enterococci are carried out on request

Analytical testing using the standard drinking water parameters is charged at £114.04 for the first sample and £57.02 for any additional sample taken at the same time. (It is recommended that 3 samples are taken at different points in the vessels fresh water distribution system.)

Legionella – testing for Legionella can be carried out on request.

The rate for sampling and analysis is £159.73 for the first sample and £100.09 for any additional samples taken at the same time.

Please note: A single sample can only provide information as to the presence of legionella at an individual point on the ships water system. Therefore due to the nature of this organism and the associated risk one sample cannot provide assurances as to the legionella status of the vessels water distribution systems.

A survey consisting of numerous samples taking into account the vessel size, nature and layout of the water distribution systems would be needed to give an indication of a vessel’s overall legionella status. 

Further advice and information can be provided on this if required.

Please note that prices are subject to change depending on Government approval.

Other Charges

In addition to the charge that port health makes the Port of Felixstowe may also make other charges to produce your container for examination and for storing goods. Click here for a list of Port of Felixstowe charges.

Hourly rate charge:  £100.53

Please be aware we charge a fee of £8.74 for postage of any document returns (where no courier is used).