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Guidance: Animals, animal products and HRFNAO imports: authorised border control posts in the UK

Animal Plant Health Agency

May 2
12:50 2024

Most consignments of animals, animal products and products of non-animal origin from non-EU countries must come through a border control post (BCP), previously known as a border inspection post (BIP).

You must:

  • tell theBCPabout your consignment in advance if you dont, you may be charged an additional fee or your checks could take longer
  • make sure theBCPyoure using is designated to check your shipments commodity

Use this list to check youre using the rightBCP, and to find its contact details.

This list includes:

  • live animalBCPs
  • animal productsBCPs
  • products of non-animal originBCPs

This information is also available asan interactive map.

If youre a port or airport operator and interested in building new or modifying existing border control posts, read guidance onapplying to set up aBCP.

Published 24 January 2019
Last updated 2 May 2024 +show all updates
  1. The 3 BCPs in Felixstowe have been renamed to give them distinct headings so that they can be easily identified. Entries which said 'border control post' have been changed to 'BCP' for consistency.

  2. Kyleakin BCP and Scrabster BCP have been added to the list of approved UK border control post (BCP) at ports in the UK.

  3. First published.

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