United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Kazakhstan
Notice:If you have any questions or concerns regarding the procedures and requirements for exporting animals, animal products, or to obtain a zoosanitary certificate for an animal product, you should contact the VS Field Office covering the area from where the animal or product will be exported (or the area in which your office is located).
Animal Products
Live Animals
Kazakhstan - Summary of Requirements
SPECIES - MOST RECENT UPDATE
Cattle
- Cattle Veterinary Health Certificate - June 2008
Effective June 16, 2016, for questions related to the
bovine leucosis testing for the export of live cattle to Kazakhstan, please
contact APHIS-VS-National Import Export Services, 301-851-3300, option 2.
Poultry/Birds
- Day - old chicks and hatching eggs - March 2013 (pdf 157kb)
Effective, October 13, 2014, Kazakhstan has a temporary ban on the U.S. export of horses and other solid-ungulates, cattle, sheep, pigs and genetic materials of the mentined animal species from the states of CO and TX due to vesicular stomatitis virus.
For the following commodities use the same veterinary health certificate that is used for Russia. Do not cross out reference to Russia in the title. Do add reference to Kazakhstan, as appropriate, to sections referencing point of crossing border, route plan, etc.
- Bovine Semen
- Bovine Embryos
- Breeding and Sport Horses
- Sport Horses for Tournaments less than 90 days
- Breeding Sheep and Goats
- Breeding Pigs
- Slaughter Pigs
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.