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Chrysanthemums from Kenya: the flower that is opened every time

Every other flower on this site is opened at the border on a fraction of consignments. Chrysanthemums are opened on all of them, into the European Union and into Great Britain alike, and the two lanes reach that figure by different routes. This page states the rule, what it costs a mixed box in time and fees, the Australian dose and the tariff line — and is candid that how much Kenya grows of this flower is not something any public source establishes.

Specification, and which framework each row comes from

Dimension	Value or convention	Framework
Presence in Kenyan production	Named in grower catalogues; scale not established Verify before shipment Chrysanthemums appear in the long tail of Kenyan grower ranges we have read. No volume or share is published anywhere we could reach.	Kenyan origin Company and trade sources read 22 Sep 2026
Types, stem length and stems per bunch	Not established Not established We have read no Kenyan chrysanthemum listing stating type, length or bunch count and publish none.	Kenyan origin
Kenyan grade	No published national grading standard Not established KEPHIS checks that a consignment is properly graded by size, colour and shape, and publishes no grade scale.	Kenyan origin KEPHIS read 25 Sep 2026
VBN product specification	Not read by this site Not established We have not read a VBN product specification for Chrysanthemum and publish none.	VBN auction framework VBN
EU identity and physical checks	100% of consignments Chrysanthemum is not among the genera listed in Annex I of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2389, so the basic rate of Article 4(2) applies - every consignment, from every origin.	Destination requirement European Commission read 26 Sep 2026
Great Britain identity and physical checks	100% of consignments Named explicitly in Defra's table, as Dendranthema and Chrysanthemum, from any third country outside the EU and Switzerland. Documentary check on every consignment.	Destination requirement Defra read 25 Sep 2026
False codling moth requirement	Not in scope The EU and GB special requirement applies to cut flowers of Rosa from the African continent. No equivalent for Chrysanthemum.	Destination requirement European Commission; Defra read 26 Sep 2026
Australian devitalisation dose	1.8 g/L glyphosate active ingredient (0.5%), 20-minute immersion Verify before shipment Same dose as carnations, a third of the rose rate. The certificate must state concentration, duration and method. Verify in BICON before each shipment.	Destination requirement DAFF read 25 Sep 2026
Japan plant quarantine	Importable on ordinary inspection - government-issued certificate and port inspection The Plant Protection Station's import conditions database, queried for Kenya, genus Chrysanthemum, fresh stems and leaves, on 26 September 2026 - no prohibition, no additional declaration, no isolation cultivation.	Destination requirement Plant Protection Station (MAFF) read 26 Sep 2026
Norway certificate and duty	Certificate required in original under annex 5A item 4.2; ordinary duty none 15 December to 15 March and 249% from 16 March to 14 December, Kenyan preference not read Norwegian plant health regulation annex 5A and the Norwegian customs tariff, read 26 September 2026.	Destination requirement Mattilsynet; Tolletaten read 26 Sep 2026
EU special requirement, leaf miners	Official statement of freedom from Liriomyza sativae and Nemorimyza maculosa Annex VII point 28 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, consolidated 6 July 2026, names cut flowers of Chrysanthemum among the genera that, from third countries, must carry an official statement that they (a) originate in a country recognised as being free from Liriomyza sativae and Nemorimyza maculosa in accordance with the relevant International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, or (b) immediately prior to export were officially inspected and found free from them. Union requirement only; the British row is separate.	Destination requirement European Commission read 26 Sep 2026
GB special requirement, leaf miners	Official statement of freedom from Liriomyza sativae and Nemorimyza maculosa Annex 7 Part A entry 39 of retained Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as it applies in Great Britain, text at 25 September 2026, names cut flowers of Chrysanthemum for any third country - an official statement (a) that they originate in a country which, in accordance with the measures specified in ISPM 4, is known to be free from Liriomyza sativae and Nemorimyza maculosa, or (b) that immediately prior to export they were officially inspected and found free from them. Read separately from the Union text.	Destination requirement Defra read 26 Sep 2026
Tariff line	HS 0603.14, chrysanthemums Its own six-digit line since the 2017 nomenclature.	Destination requirement UK Integrated Online Tariff read 25 Sep 2026

Each row states the framework it belongs to. A convention used at auction is not a Kenyan national standard, and neither is a destination country's legal requirement. Specifications are not a quotation.

Why every consignment is opened

The European Union and Great Britain both physically check every consignment of chrysanthemums, but for different reasons in law. The Union's frequency regulation lists the genera and origins that qualify for a rate below 100%; chrysanthemum is not among them, so the basic rate of Article 4(2) applies, from every origin. Great Britain, by contrast, names the genus outright — Dendranthema and Chrysanthemum, from any third country outside the EU and Switzerland — at 100%, while giving genera it does not name a residual 5%. One lane reaches the figure by omission and the other by name, and the instruments we read state the rate, not the reason behind it. We do not speculate about the pest. Both tables in full →

What 100% means for a mixed box

A physical check is a check of the consignment, and a consignment that contains chrysanthemums is opened. Two consequences follow for a buyer who mixes them with roses or fillers.

Time. The consignment waits for the inspector every time, not one time in four. Neither Great Britain nor the Netherlands publishes a turnaround, and on a product with a working life of days that unpublished number is the real cost. Where the check physically happens, and why a designated control point matters →

Fees, on one lane. Into Great Britain the plant health fee is £7.64 per consignment whether it is opened or not, so the 100% rate changes nothing on the invoice. Into the Union the fee is per check performed — EUR 7 for the documents alone, roughly EUR 31.50 upwards when identity and physical checks are added at the Annex minimums, and in the Netherlands a start fee plus a charge per minute of the inspector's time. A chrysanthemum consignment into the Netherlands is always a physically inspected consignment and always pays as one. The EU fee structure →

The Australian dose

Australia requires chrysanthemums to be devitalised at 1.8 g/L of glyphosate active ingredient, a 0.5% solution, for 20 minutes — the same dose as carnations and a third of the rose rate. The dip, and the certificate wording that has to describe it →

Its own tariff line

Chrysanthemums are among the flowers the nomenclature names on a line of their own — roses, carnations, orchids, chrysanthemums, lilies — at 0603.14. As with carnations, the separate code does not yet yield a separate Kenyan statistic, because Kenya's export series is reported under the older single line. The codes, and why →

How much Kenya grows — not established

Chrysanthemums appear in the long tail of Kenyan grower catalogues alongside lilies, statice, eryngium and solidago. No source we could reach publishes a Kenyan volume, share or region for the flower, and we publish none. In Great Britain's published interceptions for 2026 to date, one of the twenty-three Kenyan cut-flower interceptions was chrysanthemum, and it was documentary. The summer-flower range, and what is known of it →

Two more lanes, on their own pages

Japan admits this genus from Kenya on ordinary inspection, duty-free, on a government-issued certificate. Norway has its own certificate list and a tariff that changes with the calendar. Japan → Norway →

The declaration each European lane requires for this genus

The Union: Annex VII point 28. Cut flowers of Chrysanthemum from third countries must carry an official statement that they originate in a country recognised as being free from Liriomyza sativae and Nemorimyza maculosa in accordance with the relevant international standards, or that immediately prior to export they were officially inspected and found free from them. It is the statement a Kenyan certificate for chrysanthemums is checked against at a Union border control post.

Great Britain: Annex 7 Part A entry 39. The British annex, read separately, names cut flowers of Chrysanthemum for any third country and requires an official statement that they originate in a country known to be free from the same two leaf miners in accordance with the measures specified in ISPM 4, or that immediately prior to export they were officially inspected and found free from them. The two instruments are worded differently and set the same two routes; each lane checks the certificate against its own text. Every destination’s declaration, genus by genus →

What to specify

• Type — disbud, spray — stem length and stems per bunch. No convention is established; state all three.
• Whether the box is mixed, because a chrysanthemum line makes the whole consignment a 100% consignment.
• The destination, for the dose and the fee structure.

Questions buyers ask

Are Kenyan chrysanthemums really inspected on every consignment?

Yes, into both the European Union and Great Britain. The Union's frequency regulation does not list the genus, so its 100% basic rate applies; Great Britain names Dendranthema and Chrysanthemum at 100% from any third country outside the EU and Switzerland. The documentary check is also on every consignment.

Does that make them more expensive to import?

In time, always; in fees, only where the fee is per check. Great Britain charges £7.64 per consignment whether or not it is opened. The European Union's minimum fees are per check performed, and the Netherlands charges the inspector's time by the minute — so a consignment that is always opened always pays for the opening.

What dose does Australia require?

1.8 g/L of glyphosate active ingredient, a 0.5% solution, for 20 minutes — the same as carnations. The certificate must state the concentration, duration and method, and the condition should be verified in BICON before each shipment.

What we have not been able to establish

Each of these is a real question a buyer may put to us. None has an answer we can evidence, and we would rather say so than fill the gap.

• How much chrysanthemum Kenya grows, and where The flower appears in grower catalogues and in no statistic we could reach. We will not assign it a region or a share.
• The reason for the 100% rate The EU instrument reaches it by not listing the genus; the GB table names it. Neither states a reason, and we will not supply one.
• A VBN product specification for Chrysanthemum We have read the VBN framework for roses and not for this genus.
• Which leaf-miner route KEPHIS writes for this genus The Union’s point 28 and Great Britain’s entry 39 each allow a statement of country freedom or a statement of pre-export inspection. Which of the two appears on a Kenyan certificate for chrysanthemums is shown only by the certificate itself. Ask to see one.