• ePermits

Permits and Certifications

ePermits is a web-based system that allows users to submit import /interstate movement/transit/release permit applications, track applications, apply for renewals and amendments, and receive copies of their permits. Learn more about ePermits .

APHIS also issues some certifications as a service to United States exporters.

Animal and Animal Products

Includes live animals, semen, embryos and materials derived from animals or exposed to animal-source materials such as animal tissues, blood, cells or cell lines of livestock or poultry origin, RNA/DNA extracts, hormones, enzymes, microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi. In addition, animal materials including dairy products (except butter and cheese), and meat products (e.g., meat pies, prepared foods) from countries with livestock diseases exotic to the U.S.

• Export Guidelines and Regulations
• Import Guidelines and Regulations
• Apply for an Import or Transit Permit (Check application status)
• Pet Travel Information

Veterinary Biologics

Includes vaccines, bacterins, antisera, diagnostic kits, and other products of biological origin.  

• Apply for a Veterinary Biologics Permit

Biotechnology Permits

Includes genetically engineered organisms considered to be regulated articles.

• Learn about BRS Permitting and Notification Process
• Apply for a BRS Notification or Permit

Plants, Organisms, and Soil

Announcement: New Procedure for Non-eAuthenticated Applicants to respond to PPQ Draft Permit Conditions and Applicant Inspection Questionnaire.  Learn More>>

• Guidelines and Regulations for the Importation of Plants and Plant Products
  Includes nursery stock, small lots of seed, fruits and vegetables, timber, cotton, cut flowers, and protected, threatened and endangered plants;
   
• Guidelines and Regulations for the Importation of Pests and Organisms
  Includes arthropods and mollusks (insects and snails); fungi, bacteria, nematodes, mycoplasma, viroids and viruses, biological control agents, bees, Plant Pest Diagnostic Laboratories, federal noxious weeds, and parasitic plants.
   
• Guidelines and Regulations for the Importation of Soil
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• Guidelines and Regulations for Microbial Pathogens Used to Control Invertebrate Plant Pests
   
• Guidelines and Regulations for the Transit of Plants, Pests or Soil through the U.S.
   
• Apply for a Plant, Organism or Soil Import/Interstate Movement/Transit/Release Permit
   
• Apply for General Permits to Import U.S. EPA Registered Biopesticides
   
• Obtain a Plant Export Certification
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