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If you have any questions or concerns regarding these regulations for exporting animals or animal products to a foreign country, you should contact the APHIS-VS Area Office in the State from which the animals or products will be exported.
Korea - Summary of Requirements
The following protocols for exporting animals to Korea are available through the International Regulations Retrieval System (IRRS).
SPECIES - MOST RECENT UPDATE
Cattle
- Bovine semen - Protocol - August 2003 (pdf 8kb)
- Bovine semen - Certificate - August 2007 (pdf 39kb)
Horses
- Equine - Import health requirement - February 2008 (pdf 40kb)
Note: Korea will only accept horses from States that have been free from vesicular stomatitis for the last two years.
Sheep and Goats
- Sheep and Goats - July 1997 (pdf 8kb)
Swine
- Swine - September 2005 (pdf 15kb)
Informative notes:
After arrival in the Republic of Korea, the swine will go under a 25 day quarantine and novel influenza A (H1N1) antigen testing.
Aquaculture
- Health certificate - August 2009 (pdf 86kb)
- Health certificate instructions and definitions - August 2009 (pdf 10kb)
- Disease list for aquaculture health certificate - August 2009 (pdf 15kb)
Other Animals
- Deer - January 2001 (pdf 36kb)
- Ratites - June 1999 (pdf 7kb)
- Ratites (Day-old chicks & Hatching eggs) - May 1999 (pdf 6kb)
For species not listed, the requirements are not known. However, exporters wanting to ship livestock or germplasm whose requirements are not listed in the IRRS, should have the interested party (importer/buyer) in the country of destination apply for an Import Permit at the appropriate ministry. This Import Permit will most likely outline the specific requirements.
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