Export Live Animals to Kazakhstan

Last Modified: February 03, 2025

Electronic Signature ACCEPTED; Original Ink Endorsement REQUIRED

For Accredited Veterinarians: Electronic signature ACCEPTED

For APHIS VMO: Original ink endorsement REQUIRED

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

USDA must ink-sign and emboss the health certificate.

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Summary of Requirements

Some of the following commodities use the same veterinary health certificate that is used for Russia. Do not cross out reference to Russia in the title. Do add reference to Kazakhstan, as appropriate, to sections referencing point of crossing border, route plan, etc.

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Note: Effective, October 13, 2014, Kazakhstan has a temporary ban on the U.S. export of horses and other solid-ungulates, cattle, sheep, pigs and genetic materials of the mentioned animal species from the states of Colorado and Texas due to vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV).

Note: Effective, October 13, 2014, Kazakhstan has a temporary ban on the U.S. export of horses and other solid-ungulates, cattle, sheep, pigs and genetic materials of the mentioned animal species from the states of Colorado and Texas due to vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV).

Note: Effective June 16, 2016, for questions related to the bovine leucosis testing for the export of live cattle to Kazakhstan, please contact APHIS-VS-Live Animal Import Export Unit at 301-851-3300.

Note: Effective, October 13, 2014, Kazakhstan has a temporary ban on the U.S. export of horses and other solid-ungulates, cattle, sheep, pigs and genetic materials of the mentioned animal species from the states of Colorado and Texas due to vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV).

Note: Effective, October 13, 2014, Kazakhstan has a temporary ban on the U.S. export of horses and other solid-ungulates, cattle, sheep, pigs and genetic materials of the mentioned animal species from the states of Colorado and Texas due to vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV).

Note: The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Republic of Kazakhstan has imposed trade restrictions on the import and transit of U.S. origin live poultry, day-old chicks, and hatching eggs originating from the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, 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 your nearest APHIS Veterinary Export Trade Services Endorsement Office for questions about endorsing an export health certificate for live animals. 

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