Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Taiwan
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Notice: If you have any questions or concerns regarding the procedures and requirements for exporting animals, you should contact the VS Field Office covering the area from which the animal will be exported, the area in which your office is located.
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| USDA Accredited Veterinarian Signature | Electronic Signature Accepted |
| USDA APHIS Veterinary Medical Officer Signature | Digital Endorsement NOT Accepted The health certificate bears the original ink signature and embossed seal |
Before going to VEHCS: Scroll below this banner to view animal-specific requirements.
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USDA Accredited Veterinarians, help with using VEHCS is available on the VEHCS Help Page. To walk yourself through issuing a health certificate in VEHCS, click here.
NOTE:The printed paper endorsed health certificate must accompany each shipment. You can arrange to have your endorsed health certificate returned via pick-up or by mail (a pre-paid, pre-addressed return label must be provided during certificate submission).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.
Note: Vesicular stomatitis should be tested negative for both Indiana and New Jersey strains.
Note: Vesicular stomatitis should be tested negative for both Indiana and New Jersey strains.
Note: As of November 2018, during the pre-export quarantine all pigs shall require oral swabs for Senecavirus A (SVA ) RT-PCR testing with negative results prior to shipment to Taiwan.
Note: This health certificate is available to be completed in VEHCS.
__ As of April 10, 2020, Taiwan will not allow entry of live birds or poultry from South Carolina. Transit is allowed if it complies with "Risk mitigation measures for transshipment of live poultry, birds and their hatching eggs in a country/zone not recognized as free from HPAI" (https://www.baphiq.gov.tw/view.php?catid=16184).
— 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 website.
Note: A VS Form 17-6 should also accompany shipments of day-old chicks and hatching eggs.
Note: The crustaceans species:
-Procambarus clarkii
-Cherax quadricarinatus
-Macrobrachium nipponense
-Macrobrachium rosenbergii
-Penaeus vannamei
are susceptible for Decapod iridescent virus 1 (DIV1) and are required to comply with the importation requirements of Taiwan.
APHIS Registered Aquaculture Export Facility approval is required.
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 hhttps://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/insight/noaas-seafood-inspection-program.
Note: Sample health certificates are required to be used for the following species: Stigmochelys pardalis, Geochelone sulcata, Kinixys belliana or their sub-species. Other tortoise species do not require a health certificate.
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