DEFRA -Register for DEFRA CUC Invoicing Webinar on 13 August and confirmation of types of charges

The first Common User Charge (CUC) invoices were issued earlier this week.  

The CUC is a charge for Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) imports via Dover or Eurotunnel, that are eligible for checks at Sevington Border Control Post (BCP) in Kent.   

DEFRA would like to invite you to a webinar on CUC invoicing and payment on Tuesday 13 August at 2pm. 

The webinar will cover 

• invoices and the information included in them 
• how to set up payments 
• ways to pay the invoice; and  
• who to contact with invoice queries or payment issues

Register for CUC Invoicing & Compliance Webinar 

Detailed guidance on CUC invoicing can be found at GOV.UK 

Other charges you need to pay 

Where appropriate, APHA and Ashford Port Health will charge you for the following SPS checks:     

• a document check – this is usually done before the goods arrive in Great Britain    
• an identity check     
• a physical check   

These charges are separate to the common user charge and are based on type of consignment, risk level and weight.  

Find out the SPS check charges for:   

• plant and plant products    
• animal products and high risk food and feed not of animal origin (HRFNAO)    

For mixed load consignments of plants and plant products and products of animal origin (POAO), you will be charged for SPS checks for both categories.