While foreign regulatory systems need not be identical to the U.S. system, they must employ equivalent sanitary and health measures that provide the same level of protection achieved domestically for imported goods.

• Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Import Regulations and Procedures
• Plant and Animal Import Regulations and Procedures
• Agricultural Permits
• Port of Entry Procedures
• Live Animals, Animal Semen, Animal Embryos Import Regulations
• Harmonized Tariff Product Codes
• International Phytosanitary Standards
• Importing Checklist
• Import Authorization System (IAS)

USDA offers import programs to help American agricultural producers compete against the world market.

• Sugar Program
• Dairy Import Licensing Program
• Fruit and Vegetable International Programs
• Livestock and Seed International Programs

USDA provides comprehensive import, trade data, and forecasting research and reports. Users can utilize the numerous databases to search by product or country.

• Production, Supply, and Distribution (PSD) Database
• Bulk, Intermediate, and Consumer-Oriented (BICO) Statistics
• U.S. Trade Research System
• Foreign Agricultural Trade of Unites States (FATUS) Database
• Import Reports
• Economic Trade Reports
• Trade Policy
• Trade Policy Reports
• Trade News, Trends, and Agreements
• Trade Policy Information by Country
• U.S. Trade Reports
• Food and Agricultural Import Standards Reports
• Agricultural Outlook Reports
• National Center for Import and Export of Animals