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International Animal Export Regulations

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Notice

If you have any questions or concerns regarding these regulations for exporting animals or animal products to a foreign country, you should contact the APHIS-VS Area Office in the State from which the animals or products will be exported.

Dominican Republic - Summary of Requirements

The following protocols for exporting animals to the Dominican Republic are available through the International Regulations Retrieval System (IRRS).

SPECIES - MOST RECENT UPDATE

Cattle

For export live cattle to the Dominican Republic, please contact the National Center for Import and Export at (301) 734-8364, or send an email to VS.Live.Animal.Import.Export@aphis.usda.gov.

The Dominican Republic has informed the NCIE that bovine semen collected prior to May 17, 2008, can be exported to that country.

NCIE has received a statement from the Dominican Republic authorizing the exportation of bovine semen if it was collected prior to the date of the outbreak of Malignant Catarrhal Fever.

Sheep

  • Sheep - Protocol and Health requirements - November 2007 (pdf 40kb)
  • Ovine Semen - May 2007 (pdf 23kb)

Goats

  • Caprine Semen - May 2007 (pdf 27kb)
  • Goats - Protocol and Health requirements - November 2007 (pdf 38kb)

Horses

Swine

  • Swine Semen - August 2004 (pdf 102kb) 
  • Swine - Protocol - November 2006 (pdf 29kb)

Poultry

  • Poultry - Day-old Chicks & Hatching eggs - August 2004 (pdf 121kb)

Pets

For species not listed, the requirements are not known. However, exporters wanting to ship livestock or germplasm whose requirements are not listed in the IRRS, should have the interested party (importer/buyer) in the country of destination apply for an Import Permit at the appropriate ministry. This Import Permit will most likely outline the specific requirements.

 

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Last Modified: October 15, 2009