Export Live Animals to Taiwan

Last Modified: October 25, 2024

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.

Summary of Requirements

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: 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 the State of origin has been removed from the list of Avian Influenza free states in order to determine eligibility for export of live birds (including pet birds) and hatching eggs.

Please check with your Veterinary Export Trade Services (VETS) Endorsement Office (103.86 KB) 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.

  • Requirements for Poultry and Birds - Protocol (31.95 KB) - May 2022
  • Land Fowl (Chickens, Turkeys, Pheasants, Quails, Guinea fowls, Partridges, Grouses, Peafowl Ostriches, Emus, and Cassowaries, etc.) – Health Certificate – Available Upon Request
  • Water Fowl (Ducks, Geese, Swans, Mandarin ducks, Penguins, Sandpipers, Plovers, Egrets, Storks, Cranes, Rails, Pelicans, etc.) - Health Certificate - Available Upon Request       
  • Other Birds (Pigeons, Parrots, Eagles, and Other Birds of Flight) - Health Certificate - Available Upon Request        
  • Poultry - Day-old Birds and Hatching Eggs - Protocol  (28.22 KB)- May 2022 
  • Poultry - Day-old Chicks and Hatching Eggs of Land Fowl (Chickens, Turkeys, Pheasants, Quails, Guinea fowls, Partridges, Grouses, Peafowl, Ostriches, Emus, and Cassowaries, etc.) - Health Certificate - Available Upon Request

Note: A VS Form 17-6 (937.87 KB) should also accompany shipments of day-old chicks and hatching eggs.  

Interim Measures for the Importation of Day-Old Poultry, Hatching Eggs, and Fertilized Chicken Eggs for Research Purposes or Vaccine Production from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Free Zones within a state restricted by 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 +1-800-422-2750 or for more information visit their website at NOAA's Seafood Inspection Program

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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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