Form

Firewood imports: notify the Forestry Commission

Notification form for importing firewood (solid fuel wood) into England and Scotland.

• From: Forestry Commission and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 2 March 2020

Applies to England and Scotland

Documents

Import firewood notification online form

https://form.jotformeu.com/83162268175359

Firewood Import Notification Form

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 50 KB

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Details

You are legally required to notify the Forestry Commission if you plan to import firewood into England and Scotland.

Before submitting your notification you should enrol on the statutory firewood notification scheme first.

You need to complete one notification form for each firewood consignment you want to import.

Fill out the online form and submit it electronically – you will be sent a unique reference number for future communication.

Or complete the Excel form and email it to:

plant.health@forestrycommission.gov.uk

or post it to:

Plant Health Service
Forestry Commission
Silvan House
231 Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7AT

Notes on the form

Date of arrival (in England or Scotland)

This is the estimated date that the consignment is landing at a port, airport or Channel Tunnel terminus.

Place of arrival (in England or Scotland)

Enter the final port, airport or Channel Tunnel terminus that the wood is arriving at. If could be an inspection location if one was carried out.

Be as specific as possible as some ports cover a number of locations. For example, Humber covers Hull, Immingham, Grimsby and Goole.

Name of supplier

This is the exporter.

Address of first destination after landing

This is the first onward destination after the consignment has landed in England or Scotland.

It could be a distribution centre or a final destination for the consignment, depending on the importer’s requirements.

Country where the wood was imported from

This is the country that the firewood was last moved from. This is not necessarily the country where the firewood was grown.

Country where the wood was grown

This is the country where the wood was originally grown and harvested.

Phytosanitary treatments

Enter details of any plant health (phytosanitary) treatments which might have been applied to the firewood before export. Or to associated wood packaging material, if present.

These treatments are carried out to comply with ISPM15 requirements for non-EU (third) country and certain EU country imports.

Published 2 March 2020