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Guidance: CITES application fees

Animal Plant Health Agency

October 8
10:00 2024

You must pay a fee to cover the cost of processing your application. If youre importing or exporting endangered species for conservation purposes, you canapply for a waiverso you may not need to payCITESfees.

You will not get a refund if your application is refused or you cancel it after processing has started.

Most common charges

Permit, certificate, registration Fees for animals () Fees for plants ()
Article 10 certificate 31 31
Re-export permit 37 59
Import permit 67 74
Export permit 63 74
Travelling exhibition certificate 74 74
Personal ownership certificate 74 74
Musical instrument certificate No fee No fee

Other charges

Permit, certificate, registration Fees for animals () Fees for plants ()
Movement certificate (Article 9) 88 88
Certificate of origin 31 31
Semi-complete re-export permit for biological samples (Article 18) 44 59
Semi-complete re-export permit for dead specimens (Article 19) 44 59
Semi-complete export permit for biological samples (Article 18) 72 74
Semi-complete export permit for dead specimens (Article 19) 72 74
Nursery permits (Article 29) Not applicable 74
Sample collection certificate (Article 44a) 74 74
Scientific institution certificate (Article 60) 146 195
CITES registration 221 221

Fees for extra permits

If you need more than one permit, theres an extra charge of 1.50 each as long as the specimens:

  • are of the same species of animal or genus of coral and plant
  • have the same source code and purpose code
  • will be transported between the same importer and exporter

If you need more Article 10 certificates theres an extra charge of 1.50 each as long as the specimens:

  • are of the same species of animal or genus of coral and plant
  • have the same source code as the original application

They must also meet one of these conditions:

  • theyve been included together on a previously issued Article 10 certificate
  • they were imported into the UK on a single import permit
  • theyve been bred from the same parents in the same breeding season and you are applying for them all together

If youre unsure what fee to pay, contact the APHA team for endangered plant and animal species (CITES).

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Published 8 October 2024

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