Port Health Charges
The port health and food safety charges for 2025/26 are outlined below. These are reviewed annually, and increases are implemented from 01 April each financial year.
High Risk Food Not of Animal Origin
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2025/2026 |
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Common Health Entry Document (CHED D) |
£69.00 |
Plastic Kitchenware - China and Hong Kong Control Measures
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Number of Analytical Reports |
2025/2026 |
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1-5 |
£54.00 |
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6-10 |
£78.00 |
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11-20 |
£108.00 |
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21+ |
£137.00 |
Organic Import Controls
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2025/2026 |
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Certificate of inspection (COI) |
£50.00 |
IUU Products
Dover Port Health Authority uses a per consignment basis for its charges.
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No of Catch Certificates |
Other 3rd Countries 2025/2026 (High Risk) |
EU,EEA/EFTA/Bilateral* 2025/2026 (Low Risk) |
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1 - 5 Certificates |
£57.00 |
£26.00 |
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6 - 10 Certificates |
£78.00 |
£45.00 |
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11 - 20 Certificates |
£97.00 |
£57.00 |
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21+ Certificates |
£107.00 |
£71.00 |
Low Risk: The lower charges for the EU, EEA/EFTA countries and countries with a bilateral agreement reflects the lower risk status of those imports and the corresponding level of checks that will be required.
- *EEA/EFTA Country: Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands
- Countries with a bilateral agreement with the EU for IUU purposes: USA, Canada, New Zealand
High Risk: The following types of imports will be defined as high risk:
- Fish caught by other third country fishing vessels.
- Fish from EEA/EFTA/Bilateral countries that have been processed in a third country (indirect import) e.g., fish caught by a US fishing vessel and processed in a Vietnamese approved establishment. Therefore, fish that is caught by a vessel registered to an EU, EEA/EFTA or Bilateral country and subsequently processed in another third country loses its low-risk status and is charged at the higher rate.
Where multiple catch certificates are submitted for the same consignment which includes high and low risk country certificates, the higher risk charge will be applied.
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Activity |
2025/2026 |
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Identity, Physical Check and Sampling |
£155.00 |
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Courier |
Cost varies depending Courier |
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Analyst Fees - assigned by laboratory |
Cost varies depending on test |
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Activity |
2025/2026 |
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Non-Compliance Fee |
£156.00 |
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Supervising Destruction/Re-export Fee |
£136.00 |
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Formal Verification/Movement Control Notice |
£79.00 |
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Late Notification Fee |
£106.00 |
Dover Port Health Authority operates between the core hours of 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays). Ship Sanitation Inspections can be arranged during these hours.
Please enquire about availability by filling out this online form; Ship Sanitation (dover.gov.uk) If you have any questions then please call 01304 872216 option 2 or email to publicprotection@dover.gov.uk.
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Gross Tonnage of vessel |
2025/2026 |
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Up to 1,000 |
£140.00 |
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1,001 to 3,000 |
£190.00 |
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3,001 to 10,000 |
£280.00 |
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10,001 to 20,000 |
£365.00 |
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20,001 to 30,000 |
£465.00 |
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Over 30,000 |
£535.00 |
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Vessels with the capacity to carry between 50 and 1,000 persons |
£535.00 |
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Vessels with the capacity to carry more than 1,000 persons |
£915.00 |
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Extension of a Ship Sanitation Certificate |
£110.00 |
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Referral Inspection |
£129.00 |
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Activity |
2025/2026 |
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First Sample |
£129 for collecting the sample plus cost of each sample taken (charged in accordance with lab fees, including VAT). |
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Additional Samples - Bacteriological |
Each Further sample charge in accordance with lab fees, including VAT |
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Additional Samples - Legionella |
Each Further sample charge in accordance with lab fees including VAT. |
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Chemical Samples |
Each Further sample charge in accordance with lab fees including VAT. |
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Activity |
2025/2026 |
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Not exceeding 1 metric tonne |
£155.00 |
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Exceeding 1 metric tonne |
£291.00 |
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All Products |
2025/2026 |
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Hourly Rate |
£109.00 |
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Postage of Returned Documents |
£6.00 |
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Photocopies |
£1.20 |