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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 which the animal or product will be exported, the area in which your office is located, or the area in which the product is manufactured.

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Korea - Summary of Requirements

The posted health certificate templates/formats are required to be used.

SPECIES - MOST RECENT UPDATE

Multiple animals may be recorded on one health certificate.

Cattle 

• Bovine Embryos – Requirements: MAFRA Notification No. 2015-9
• • Approved team/facility list– December 2017
  • Sample Health Certificate* 
  • Instructions to create health certificate in VEHCS
• Bovine semen - Protocol - August 2003 (pdf 9kb
• Bovine semen - Certificate - (pdf 74kb)
• Breeding Bulls - Protocol -(pdf 32 kb)

* A health certificate for this commodity can also be generated through the Veterinary Export Health Certificate System (https://pcit.aphis.usda.gov/pcit/). 

Horses

• Equine - Import health requirement- November 2015 (pdf 40kb)
• Health Certificate
• • This health certificate format is required to be used by September 1, 2016
• Appendix 1 ID Page (for horses that are not microchipped)
• EVA vaccinated horse: Appendix 2 and 3

• Equine Semen Health certificate (pdf 34kb)
• • Facility approval is required by Korean government 

Poultry 

• Hatching Eggs – 2017 protocol
  • Hatching Eggs - Health Certificate (pdf 27kb) – can be used until Sept. 25, 2017
  • Hatching Eggs - New Health Certificate – can be used now and will be required on and after Sept. 26, 2017
  • 17-6 is not required

• Day-old Chicks- 2017 protocol

          The health certificate must be issued and endorsed ON or AFTER the date of hatch.

• • Day-old Chicks- Health Certificate (pdf 29kb) – can be used until Sept. 25, 2017
  • Day-old Chicks- New Health Certificate – can be used now and will be required on and after Sept. 26, 2017
    • This health certificate can also be generated through the Veterinary Export Health Certificate System (https://pcit.aphis.usda.gov/pcit/) and endorsed with a digital signature.
  • 17-6 is not required

• Poultry — 2017 protocol
  

• Poultry — Health Certificate ( pdf 26kb)
     

Swine

After arrival in the Republic of Korea, the swine will undergo a 15 day quarantine and novel influenza A (H1N1 and H3N2v) antigen testing.The sample health certificate posted below is required to be used.

• Swine- Health Certificate - September 2014 (pdf 79kb)

Aquaculture

• Health Certificate- May 2018
• Health certificate instructions and definitions - April 2018
• Disease list for aquaculture health certificate- March 2015 (pdf 15kb)

Other Animals

• Ratites - June 1999 (pdf 7kb)
• Ratites (Day-old chicks & Hatching eggs) - May 1999 (pdf 6kb)
• Laboratory mice, opossums, and guinea pigs-January 2017 (pdf 32kb)
  

Pets

Birds other than poultry - requirements

Pet birds (commercial) – health certificate

For personal pet birds, please see the pet travel website click here

Reptiles

No requirements for importation, unless the species to be exported requires a CITES permit. If a CITES permit is needed, the importer should acquire an import permit from Korea’s Ministry of Environment.