Export Live Animals to Belarus

Last Modified: July 30, 2025

Electronic Signature and Digital Endorsement ACCEPTED

For Accredited Veterinarians: Electronic signature ACCEPTED

For APHIS VMO: Digital endorsement ACCEPTED

USDA-accredited veterinarians can electronically issue health certificates and use VEHCS (Veterinary Export Health Certification System) to submit them to USDA for digital endorsement.

USDA can digitally endorse the health certificate and return it electronically.

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Summary of Requirements

Effective September 19, 2014, there are “temporary restrictions on the import of breeding, commercial horses, and horses for slaughter and other solid ungulates, cattle, sheep and goats, pigs and the embryos of the mentioned animals from the states of Colorado and Texas” to the Republic of Belarus in connection with Vesicular Stomatitis cases.

Effective September 10, 2012, there are “temporary restrictions on the import of breeding, commercial horses, and horses for slaughter and other solid ungulates, cattle, sheep and goats, pigs and the embryos of the mentioned animals from Mora County, New Mexico” to the Republic of Belarus in connection with Vesicular Stomatitis cases.

Belarus will accept the bilaterally agreed upon certificates used for Russia. Do not cross out reference to Russia in the title. Do add reference to Belarus, as appropriate, to sections referencing point of crossing border, route plan, etc.

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Note: Effective January 1, 2022, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus prohibits the importation of U.S. origin live swine into Belarus, through June 30, 2023.

Effective May 9, 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus has placed temporary restrictions on the import of ALL U.S. origin live birds, poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs, due to HPAI.

APHIS Registered Aquaculture Export Facility approval is required for the export of aquatic animals caught in natural water bodies.

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If your species is not listed, the requirements for that species are not known. Exporters who want to ship livestock or germplasm whose requirements are not listed above should have the importer or buyer in the destination country apply for an import permit at the appropriate ministry. This import permit will most likely outline the specific requirements.

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USDA-Accredited Veterinarians

Contact a USDA-accredited veterinarian for questions about your destination country's entry requirements for animals (including any needed vaccinations, tests, or treatments) and for issuance of health certificates.

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USDA Endorsement Offices

Contact the appropriate email below for questions about endorsing an export health certificate for live animals.

In-person appointments and drop-off endorsement services are not available. For best results, accredited veterinarians should submit certificates electronically through the Veterinary Export Health Certification System (VEHCS). 

For VEHCS help see the VEHCS help page.  Routine APHIS VEHCS processing services are staffed Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM Central Time (CT) excluding federal holidays, the time listed in VEHCS reflects GMT.   

All Contacts

Questions about endorsing an export health certificate for live animals?

PetsAskVETS@usda.gov 
Livestock, including equine, poultry, and wildlife/zoo animalsLivestockExport@usda.gov
Semen, embryosGermplasmExport@usda.gov
AquacultureVETS.RAEF@usda.gov

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