USDA : Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service : Veterinary Services -- Texas Area
Importing and Exporting
Animals
and Animal Products 
to and from the U. S. through Texas
Requirements
and Functions..Other
Programs.
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For the latest requirements and
procedures for sending animals and animal products into
the U. S. through Texas, contact the VS-Texas Area office's import
desk in Austin at (512) 383-2408.
For sending animals and animal products out of
the U. S. through Texas, contact the VS-Texas Area office's export
desk in Austin at (512) 383-2409, -2410,
-2411, or 2412. Office hours are 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Monday
through Friday.
Click here
for the National Center for Import and Export.
For
information on taking animals across state lines (but not a national
border), contact our cooperative state agency, the Texas
Animal Health Commission (TAHC), at (512) 719-0777.
Functions of
the Import/Export section of USDA, APHIS, VS in Texas
The Import/Export section is responsible for the proper
importation and exportation of live animals, their germ plasm, and of animal
products and by-products. Accomplishing these goals not only prevents the
entry of foreign animal diseases into this country, but it protects the
integrity
of our own exports by assuring that all proposed shipments comply with
the country of destination's entry requirements.
There are 5 land border ports for the import and export
of livestock along the Texas/Mexico border stretching from Presidio to
the Rio Grande Valley in deep south Texas. The map below lists the
US and Mexico cities where the border ports are located.
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