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International Animal Export Regulations

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Notice

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.

Taiwan - Summary of Requirements

SPECIES - MOST RECENT UPDATE

Note:

All live animals, semen, and embryos that are required to undergo testing for specific animal diseases prior to export may be required by Taiwan law to have both a sample and test date listed on the health certificate.

Cattle

Equine

  • Horses - Health Certificate - May 2011 (pdf 19kb)
  • Donkey - Health Certificate - August 2011 (pdf 48kb)

Informative Notes:

  • The sample health certificate is required to be used.
  • Vesicular stomatitis should be tested negative for both Indiana and New Jersey strains.

Poultry

Informative notes:

A VS 17-6 form should accompany shipments of day-old chicks and hatching eggs.

Taiwan does not allow movement of birds through any country/zone considered affected with high pathogenic avian influenza. This ban currently includes China and Hong Kong.
For additional information visit the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine web site.

Sheep and Goats

Swine

Pets

Note:

  • The use of the health certificate provided is required.
  • (1) K-State Rabies Laboratory, Kansas State University and the (2) Department of Defense Laboratory, Veterinary Food Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory, Texas are the only two laboratories approved by Taiwan for rabies testing.
  • Additional information can be found at BAPHIQ website: http://163.29.152.62/en/index.aspx
  • Rabbits - Common and European Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) - May 2011 (pdf 23kb)

Note: Rabbits of Genus Lepus are not allowed entry

Laboratory Animals

  • Ferrets - Health certificate - December 2008 (pdf 19kb)
  • Rabbits - Health certificate - December 2008 (pdf 19kb)
  • Canines - Health certificate - December 2008 (pdf 19kb)
  • Mice - (pdf 10kb)

Aquaculture

Note: For endorsement of health certificates of aquatic animals intended for human consumption, please contact National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)- Seafood inspection Program at 800-422-2750 or for more information visit their web-site at http://www.seafood.nmfs.noaa.gov/

Tortoises

Note: Sample health certificates are required to be used

     

For species not listed, the requirements are not known. However, exporters wanting to ship livestock or germplasm whose requirements are not listed in the IREGS, 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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Last Modified: October 18, 2012