Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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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.
Before going to VEHCS: Scroll below this banner to view animal-specific requirements.To process some health certificates, VEHCS may need the Accredited Veterinarian to upload the completed fillable PDF version found in the requirements section of this page. Either save a copy of the PDF below, or return to this page for the health certificate, if prompted by VEHCS.
Accredited Veterinarians, log in here if you wish to use VEHCS.
Accredited Veterinarians, help with using VEHCS is available on the VEHCS Help Page. 
NOTE: The endorsed health certificate (paper, not electronic) must accompany the shipment. The endorsed health certificate will be returned 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.
Note: Please check Taiwan's website to verify if your state has been removed from the list of Avian Influenza free states and therefore may not currently send pet birds to Taiwan: https://www.baphiq.gov.tw/en/ws.php?id=21841
Please check with your Veterinary Export Trade Services (VETS) Endorsement Office to receive the current health certificate and confirm the bird will be allowed entry.
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 https://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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