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Animal Export Regulations History 2015
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Animal Export Regulations History 2015

Last Modified: Jul 31, 2018
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Data is sorted in reverse chronological order

Date
Country
Commodity
Action Performed
12/23/15 Kazakhstan Poultry Kazakhstan has lifted its last ban on the US for poultry from the state of Wisconsin
12/23/15 St. Maarten Pets Cats/Dogs this is a new protocol that will open the market.
12/22/15 Morocco Poultry new protocol added
12/16/15 Dominican Republic  Pets Cats/Dogs a new protocol for dogs and cats that will expand export of these species
12/15/15 Trinidad  and Tobago Horses Removed from IREGS the protocol for horses and working on renegotiations
12/15/15 Argentina Poultry

Argentina has banned the importation of all  live poultry from the entire United States
12/10/15 Brazil Bovine Bovine semen health certificate corrected
12/10/15 Israel Bovine Bovine semen updated
12/09/15 Morocco Turkey Updates
12/09/15 Costa Rica Pets Cats/ Dogs New format
11/30/15 Bermuda Pets

updated condition to export dogs and cats to Bermuda that will expand trade with that country.

11/30/15 Hong Kong Poultry Ban removed
11/24/15 Mexico Zoo animals new HC that opens the market to Mexico.
11/23/15 Mexico Cattle tuberculosis testing
11/19/15 Korea Poultry poultry ban was removed
11/18/15 Costa Rica Pets Adjusted
11/16/15 Costa Rica Pets Rectified
11/16/15 Israel Pets New health certificate added for pet rabbits.
11/12/15 Ecuador Camelids Added ELISA test option for Trypanosomosis
11/12/15 Mexico Other Animals a new protocol that will open the market for chinchillas to Mexico
11/12/15 Israel Rodent new health certificate
11/06/15 Korea Equine EVA update
11/05/15 Ecuador Pets Corrected
11/04/15 Chile Bovine new bovine embryo protocol that will reopen the Chilean market
11/04/15 Costa Rica Dogs and Cats Updated parasite treatment
10/28/15 Costa Rica Swine Statement update
10/26/15 Israel Cattle new health certificate
10/23/15 Argentina Equine New
10/22/15 Costa Rica Pets updated
10/22/15 Thailand Cattle updated testing options
10/20/15 Ecuador Pets/ Dogs Corrected
10/20/15 Vietnam Poultry all HPAI restrictions have been removed
10/13/15 Curacao Dogs/ Cats New requirements
10/07/15 Korea Equine Currently
10/06/15 Chile Equine a new HC to be used for horse participating in Chile in the Endurance World Equine contest of 2015.
09/18/15 Brazil Cattle Health certificate update.
09/17/15 Israel Pets “official certificate issued by Israel in 2010 was re-evaluated and re-posted.” 
09/17/15 Colombia Poultry Colombia removes the ban due to HPAI on the States of Oregon, Idaho, California, Washington, Montana, and Arkansas.
       
09/16/15 Mexico Zoo Animals . This is a new protocol that will open the market for this zoo species to Mexico
09/09/15 Chile Swine This is a new protocol that will reopen exports of swine semen to Chile
09/03/15 Israel Small Ruminants please note that this is an updated protocol agreed by both countries in August 2015.  The previous bilateral agreement was in 1988.
08/31/15 Guatemala Poultry removal of the poultry ban in counties affected with HPAI:  Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Arkansas, Kansas and Indiana.
08/25/15 Ecuador Zoo Animals New health certificates added
08/21/15 Canada Swine Corrected protocol
08/04/15 Turkey Poultry Michigan  added to ban list.
07/27/15 Cayman Island Pets statement update
07/22/15 China Poultry statement update
07/21/15 Turk and Caicos Aquatic new health certificate that will open exports of live aquatic animals to T &C
07/17/15 Tawain Aquaculture Fillable versions added
07/16/15 Kazakhstan Poultry temporary restrictions on U.S. export of poultry from WA, KS, MT, IN, CA and AR
07/15/15 Barbados Poultry ban on the States of Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Nevada and Arkansas
07/15/15 UAE  Pets Health certificate added
07/15/15 Iraq Poultry MA, MO AR, KA, WY, MT, SC, NC, ND and NE added to poultry ban
07/14/15 Peru Cattle Vehcs health certificate added and quarantine update.
07/10/15 United Arab Emirates Pets New health certificate added
07/10/15 Costa Rica Pets Updated
07/09/15 Panama Poultry Statement update
07/08/15 Argentina Equine New embryos HC added.
07/02/15 Honduras Wild Ruminants Health certificate added
07/02/15 Honduras Swine Updated
07/02/15 Honduras Poultry  New health certificate added for day old chicks and hatching eggs
07/01/15 Honduras Cattle Cattle breeding protocol updated.
06/25/15 Canada   Cattle

Cattle feeder additional information link updated
06/25/15  Chile                 Pets 7001 form added
06/24/15 Chile                  Horses Note statement update
06/16/15 Mexico                     Wild Ruminants Statement 3 updated
06/11/15 St. Lucia                             Pets permit application added for pet import.
06/08/15 Canada     Ruminants, camelids, horses or swine  Utah was removed from restricted states.
06/04/15 Nicaragua  Cattle , Bovine embryos, Bovine semen, Hatching Eggs, Day old chicks and swine health certificates updated.
06/02/15  Iraq Poultry Statement updated added.
06/01/15 Ecuador  Pets health certificates updated.
05/29/15 Turkey Poultry new state added to restricted.
05/29/15 Bolivia  bovine,ovine,caprine embryos, ova and semen

 update statement removed.

 
05/28/15 Mexico Poultry Statement updated and States removed from restricted list.
05/28/15 Singapore Aquatic Animals link updated.
05/27/15 Brazil Aquatic Animals Tilapia for aquaculture model health certificated added.
04/15/15 Taiwan              Poultry Note: As of April 15, 2015, Taiwan has banned the importation of all poultry and birds from the state of Iowa.
04/14/15 Ecuador Bovine Updated
04/14/15 Canada Bovine Removed VSV restrictions
04/14/15 Japan Poultry Wisconsin and North Dakota added to the banned poultry list.
04/14/15 Taiwan Poultry The United States is free from high pathogenic avian influenza (excluding Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin) and Newcastle disease.
04/09/15 Canada All Effective immediately, Canada is removing all restrictions due to Vesicular Stomatitis  on all animal species. Protocols are being modified to reflect these changes.
04/07/15 Guatemala Bovine Semen “correcting certification # 7 regarding inspection of the centers by USDA APHIS.
04/06/15 Turkey Poultry Effective March 31, 2015, Turkey has restricted US export of live poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs from California.
04/03/15 Japan Poultry Note: As of April 3, 2015, Japan has banned the importation of all poultry and birds from the state of South Dakota.
04/01/15 Mexico Pets modified HC that will expand the export of pets to Mexico.
03/30/15 Panama Poultry Effectively immediately, El Salvador prohibits the importation of live birds and hatching eggs from the States of Arkansas, California, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, and Washington due to cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the United States,
03/19/15 Canada Aquatic document updated.
02/27/15 Thailand Bovine Statement update
02/25/15 Mexico Poultry new certificates added
02/13/15 Portugal Bovine Embryos Bilingual certificate made.
02/12/15 Dominican Republic Pets the APHIS FORM 7001 will expand the export of dogs and cats to the DR.
02/12/15 Guatemala Pets fillable APHIS FORM 7001 will expand export of dogs to Guatemala.
02/12/15 Peru Pets new health certificate that will expand the exports of dogs and cats to Peru
02/11/15 Peru other information New health certificate that will open export of frozen canine semen to Peru.
02/11/15 Colombia Poultry/ Pets Effective immediately, Colombia prohibits the importation of live poultry and bird eggs from Stanislaus County, California
02/10/15 Austria Poultry Amended certificates effective immediately per Regulation 952-2014
02/10/15 Germany Poultry Amended certificates effective immediately per Regulation 952-2014
02/10/15 Hungary Poultry health certificate removed.
02/10/15 Mexico Ruminants a HC with a modified certification for external parasite that will expand the export of wild ruminants to Mexico. The combination number of the HC (HRZ) has been changed.
02/09/15 Canada Aquatic updated health certificate
02/09/15 Turks  and Caicos Pets updated health certificates
02/06/15 Canada Poultry health certificates updated
02/06/15 Brazil Hatching Eggs additional information added
02/06/15 Japan Poultry As of February 6, 2015, Japan has banned the importation of all poultry and birds from the state of New Jersey
02/06/15 Brazil Pet Birds Health certificate removed
02/05/15 Singapore Pets Link updated
02/05/15 Peru Zoo Animals a new protocol that will reopen the export of reptiles to Peru.
02/05/15 Mexico Equine write this new HC will allow imported horses from New Zealand to be exported to Mexico after 3-day residency.
02/04/15 European Union Poultry Updated Day old chicks, health certificate
02/03/15 India Pets Updated health certificate
01/15/15 St. Lucia Sheep/Goats this a new protocol that will open the sheep/goats exports to St. Lucia.
01/14/15 Uruguay Equine  New  health certificate
01/14/15 Russia Poultry  a correction to include a USDA seal
01/14/15 Canada Cattle,Swine,Equine, Sheep,goats  Protocol that have been updated
01/12/15 Turk and Caicos Pets new HC for pets to T&T that will expand the export of dogs to that island.
01/09/15 Morocco Poultry this is a result of WTO notice G/SPS/N/MAR/40.
01/07/15 Ecuador Poultry Updated AI requirements
01/07/15 Costa Rica Sheep/Ovine : updated requirements for Scrapie
01/05/15 Japan Poultry Note: As of January 5, 2015, Japan has banned the importation of all poultry and birds from the state of Washington
12/4/14 Turkey Poultry Turkey has restricted US export of live poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs from Washington State.
12/24/14 South Africa Poultry South Africa has restricted US export of live poultry, pigeons and other birds, day-old chicks and hatching eggs.  SPF eggs are permitted.
12/23/14 Turkey Poultry Replaced pdf files with word files.
12/23/14 Singapore Poultry December 22, 2014, Singapore has banned the importation of all poultry and birds from Oregon, and all wild caught birds from the entire United States. Captive bred birds originating from States other than Oregon are allow with the additional certification statement; “The birds are captive-bred and are not derived from farmed establishments originating from Oregon State
12/23/14 Hong Kong Poultry December 23, 2014, Hong Kong has banned the importation of all poultry and birds from the entire United States.
12/22/14 Ecuador Poultry Modified AI certification
12/19/14 Barbados Pets protocol will open the export of pets to Barbados.
12/18/14 Canada Bovine Correted
12/18/14 Tawain Pets Health certificates updated.
12/15/14 Ecuador Bovine New health certificate added.
12/10/14 Japan Poultry a ban the importation of all poultry and birds from the state of Michigan.
12/08/14 Ecuador Pets Updated
12/05/14 Canada Cattle : Updated VSV requirements
12/03/14 Guatemala Cattle protocol will reopen the market for breeding cattle to Guatemala
12/02/14 Dominican Republic Swine a new protocol that reopens the export of swine to the DR.
12/1/14 Canada Bovine Updated requirements.
11/26/14 Canada Bovine Cattle and feeder Cattle, Sheep and Goats, Camelids: Added VSV restrictions for animals originating from Nebraska
11/26/14 Canada Equine Horses: Removed VSV restriction for horses from Texas. Added VSV restriction for horses originating from Nebraska
11/19/14 Ecuador Bovine : New requirements
11/14/14 Mexico Other Animals new certificate will expand the exportation of wild ruminants to Mexico.
11/12/14 Canada Bovine Updated health certificate
11/03/14 Mexico Equine this new protocol will expand exports of horses to Mexico
10/21/14 Mexico Equine  Document added
10/16/14 Canada Bovine New health certificate added

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