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Export from Bangladesh to United Kingdom

The UK is the single largest destination for Bangladeshi fresh produce, driven by British Bangladeshi communities in London, Birmingham, Luton, Oldham and Cardiff. Wholesale demand runs all year and peaks before Ramadan and Eid.

Pointed gourd washed in running water at the packing houseFreshly cut lychee bunches tied and laid on their own leavesBetel leaf hand stacked into a ventilated cartonBean seed weighed into a sealed retail pack
Lines we already build for this lane, photographed on our own consignments.
RegulatorFood Standards Agency, APHA and Port Health
Entry systemIPAFFS pre-notification and CHED
GatewaysHeathrow (LHR) air; Felixstowe and London Gateway sea
Air transit18-26 hours
Sea transit26-32 days from Chittagong
Typical buyersCash-and-carry wholesalers, ethnic supermarket chains, New Spitalfields traders, foodservice distributors

What a consignment needs to clear

IPAFFS pre-notification

Your side raises an IPAFFS notification before arrival and receives a CHED reference. We send every field the notification needs at booking, so nothing is filled in from guesswork.

Phytosanitary certificate

Every fresh plant consignment travels with a phytosanitary certificate from the Plant Quarantine Wing, matched line by line to the packing list. Our horticultural exporter registration with the NPPO runs to September 2027.

Port Health inspection

Consignments are subject to documentary, identity and physical checks at the Border Control Post. Matching paperwork is the single biggest factor in how fast a consignment is released.

Labelling

English labelling with country of origin, lot code, storage instruction and importer address. Your details are printed on the carton on request.

Document set for United Kingdom

  • Commercial invoice
  • Packing list
  • Air waybill or bill of lading
  • Certificate of origin
  • Phytosanitary certificate
  • CHED reference from IPAFFS

Rules change. Treat this page as a working checklist and confirm the live position with us and with your customs broker before you contract.

How an order into United Kingdom runs

  1. You send the line list, volume per shipment and the port or airport you clear through.
  2. We return a quotation with Incoterm, packing, grade and the United Kingdom certificate list within 4–6 working hours.
  3. Proforma invoice and sales contract are issued; you open the L/C or arrange T/T.
  4. We pre-fill the data your broker needs for IPAFFS pre-notification and CHED and send it with the pre-shipment photo set.
  5. Consignment loads, the document set goes to your bank and broker, and you are told the flight or vessel the same day.

Lines we ship to United Kingdom

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