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After the Dutch Association Of Wholesalers In Floricultural Products (VGB) had repeatedly called on the UK’s Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to pass new rules, the country has now issued revised regulations for the Dutch re-export of Colombian-grown carnations and chrysants.
Due to the UK reclassifying five genera of cut flowers as medium risk, a discrepancy has arisen during the re-export of non-EU origin Dianthus or Chrysanthemum from the Netherlands to the UK.
The cut flower reclassifications were introduced as part of the UK’s new Border Target Operating Model (B-TOM), which was set up by the UK’s government to help protect the country’s food and agricultural supply chains from pest and disease outbreaks.
Since 31 January (2024), plants classified as “medium risk” have required both pre-notification and a phytosanitary certificate to be imported into the UK from mainland Europe.
For imports of these flowers into the EU, a phytosanitary certificate (PC) is required with the additional declaration (AD) 25 a, b or c, where 25c states: ‘an official statement that the plants have undergone appropriate treatment to protect them from the relevant pest.’
The UK, however, made an additional request to its AD 36c. Under the new set of eased rules, AD36c will stay in vigour. Still, it is no longer necessary to detail the active ingredient, concentration and date of application of the treatments on the phytosanitary certificate.
The revised regulations are valid until 31 May 2025. VGB will inform its members about future updates and possible final adjustments to the rules.
The UK’s Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed to FCI that, since January 2023, two consignments of Dianthus have been rejected by the UK due to missing ADs 36. No other consignments have been rejected.
The issue stems from the UK’s requirement for additional information on the treatment used to protect the crops against the Spodoptera moth genus.
The moths’ caterpillars (armyworms) can be very economically damaging – feeding on the leaves, stems, and fruits of a wide range of agricultural and horticultural crops (including ornamentals) around the world.
According to Defra, some of the most damaging species of this moth/caterpillar are Spodoptera frugiperda (S. frugiperda) – the fall armyworm, S. litura, and S. littoralis.
The UK experienced several occasional Spodoptera outbreaks in the 1960s-’90s, but no major outbreaks have occurred since then. There were some minor outbreaks in 2009/2010 of several larvae at nurseries, but these were isolated incidents, and the populations were eradicated.
A Defra representative said: “Interceptions of Spodoptera litura, S. littoralis, S. frugiperda and S. ornithogalli have been reported from the Americas, Africa and Asia but no outbreaks have occurred in the last five years, further demonstrating that our controls are justified and working effectively.”
As the UK is a significant export destination, especially for Dianthus, a solution is crucial to prevent disruptions in the export of Dutch floricultural products.
According to VGB/Floridata, Chrysanthemum and Dianthus together represent more than half of the total import of all Colombian flowers by Dutch trading companies.
