USDA - APHIS - Regulations and Assessments

International Animal Export Regulations

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.

Chile - Summary of Requirements

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

SPECIES - MOST RECENT UPDATE

To export semen or embryos of any species to Chile, the AI center or the embryo collection facility has to be approved by the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile prior to shipment.

Cattle
*Note: Chile now allows the importation of bovine semen and embryos (December 30, 2004).
Protocols for the importation of ruminants are under revision.

Effective December 24, 2003, cattle from the United States are currently banned due to a risk of BSE

Bovine Embryos - November 1996 (pdf 8kb)
Bovine Semen - December 2004 (pdf 99kb)

Horses

Horses - Protocol -Under revision
Intercontinental Stallions - Under revision

Swine

Porcine - January 1998 (pdf 61kb)
Porcine Semen - January 1998 (pdf 9kb)

Poultry and Other Avian Species

Poultry - (Day-old chicks and hatching eggs) - May 2006 (pdf 11kb)
Birds (Pets) - August 1999 (pdf 3kb)
Ratites - November 1996 (pdf 6kb)
Ratite eggs - May 1997 (pdf 6kb)

Aquaculture

Fish eggs (salmonid) - (Protocol and model health certificate) - February 1999 (pdf 22kb)

Pets

Dogs and Cats - February 2007 (pdf 239kb)
Canine semen - (Protocol and model health certificate) - December 1997 (pdf 6kb)

Note: Chile has suspended the importation of pet birds as of February 22,2006.

*For species not listed, the requirements are not known. However, exporters wanting to ship livestock whose requirements are not listed above, 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.

Consular Offices for Chile

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.