1 Regulations Governing Fees f or Animal  and Plant Quarantine  
Adopted and promulgated on August  31, 1999  
Amendment to all Articles and promulgated on April 24, 2007  
Amendment to Articles 2, 18 and promulgated on February 13, 2008  
Amendment to Articles 2, 13, 18 and promulgated on September 1, 2011  
Amendment to Articles 1, 3, 4 -1, 5, 7, 8, 12 and promulgated on February 20, 2014  
Amendment to Articles 13 , Table 1 Animal Holding Fees Schedule  and Table 3 Fumigation and 
Sterilization Fees Standard and promulgated on February 25, 2016  
Amendment to Articles 1, 7, 9, 12, 13 , 14, 15, Table 1 of Article 10, Table 2  of Article 11 and 
promulgated on March 17, 2020  
 
Chapter 1   General Pr inciples  
 
Article 1   These regulations are pur suant to Article 10  of the Charges And Fees  Act 
and Article 21 of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Act . 
 
Article 2   The fees include quarantine fees, operation fees and handling fees: 
1. Quarantine fees: charges for inspection  of animal  and plant diseases  and 
pests . 
2. Operati on fees: 
(1) On-site inspection  fees; 
(2) Animal  holding  fees, including facility  fee and testing  fee; 
(3) Carcass burning  fees; 
(4) Extended  operation  fees; 
(5) Quarantine treatment  fees: fumigation, sterilization, sea burial , 
raising , cultivation, transportation and destruction , etc. 
(6) Computer processing fees.  
3. Handling  fees: 
(1) Quarantine label  fees; 
(2) Fees for s plitting, reissu ing, replac ing and cop ying of the 
phytosanitary/  veterinary certificates . 
 
Article 3   The quarantine service fees shall be charged in New Taiwan Dollars (NT$).  
The quarantine service fees shall be exempted for the articles used for aid 
or relie f purposes and accompanied by proof from government authorities.  
 
Chapter  2    Quarantine  fees 
 
Artic le 4  Quarantine  fees shall be charged for 0.1% of the Free on Board (FOB) value 
of the export articles  or the  import  duty value  for the import ed articles . 
Quarantine fees shall be charged at the rate of 0.05% of the import duty 
value of the imported articles which are wheal, barley, corn or soy bean.  
 
Article 4 -1 For export purposes, the fee for certain animal diseases and plant pests 
sampling test shall be charged as follows. The fee for specific animal 
diseases test for urgent exportation shall be doubled.  
1. A fee of NT$ 1,000 for the enzyme -linked immunosorbent assay  
(ELISA).   2 2. A fee of NT$ 1,600 for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).  
3. A fee of NT$ 2,100 for Reverse Transcription PCR (RT - PCR).  
4. A fee of NT$ 3,100 for Real Time RT -PCR.  
5. A fee of NT$ 3,600 for virus isolation.  
 
Article  5  Exporters, importers (hereinafter referred to as  “the applicants”) or the 
agents, when applying for inspection, shall submit the foreign currency 
exchange documents or other sales documents in order to calculate the 
quarantine fees. If such documents are not available along with the 
inspec tion application, it is required to submit before issuing the 
phytosanitary/veterinary certificates. For those merchant groups or 
associations, where approval is granted by the competent authority to 
calculate the fees based on uniform values, submission o f the 
aforementioned documents will be exempted . 
 
Article 6   For those  articles  exempt from acquiring  import or export permits , 
quarantine fees are c harged as follow s: 
1. Fees for the import articles  are charged for the import customs 
declaration form signed by the declarant, or foreign exchange 
documents such as the trade invoice from overseas exporters, submitted 
by the applicant s or the agents  while  applying for inspection . 
2. Fees for the export  articles  are charged for the letter of credit or export 
customs declaration form signed by the declarant submitted by the 
applicant s or the agents  while  applying  for inspection . However,  the 
fees shall be charged as per  local sales invoices, commercial invoices or 
other sales proof document s, when application is submitted at local 
manufactory.  
 
Article 7   The quarantine fees shall be exempted for the following cases:  
1. The articles are used for military purposes and accompanied with proof 
from military authorities.  
2. The articles of imported food are used for military or official purposes 
and accompanied with proof from food administration authorities.  
3. The allowed quantity  of quarantine objects or regulated articles carried 
by passenger or crew serving on  vehicles, vessels and  aircrafts  pursuant  
to the Regulations for Quarantine of Animal/Plant Regulated Articles  
Carried by Passengers and Service Personnel on Vehicles or the 
Regulations for Quarantine of Plant Regulated Articles Export and Import 
by Mail . 
4. Unprocessed raw, cold -stored or frozen livest ock or poultry meat for 
export, where the meat inspection fee has been paid for at slaughtering.  
 
Article 8  For the export articles paid with foreign currencies, the quarantine fees shall 
be charged as per the payment which should be converted into NT$, b ased 
on the exchange rates applicable for custom declaration as stipulated by the 
directorate general of customs for every ten -day period.  
  3 Chapter 3   Operati on fees 
 
Article 9   The on-site inspection fees shall be charged for the actions which dispatched  
inspectors by the Bureau of A nimal  and Plant Health Inspection and 
Quarantine , including  on-site inspection , quarantine treatments , escort, and 
audit of facilities or site s, etc.; 
1. A fee of NT$ 500 will be charged for on -site inspection within the 
territory by each inspector every time.  With regard to  the inspector cannot 
travel  to the site and back within the same day, the fees shall be charged 
as per  the “ Regulations for Applying the Domestic Trip Allowance ;” 
2. For each batch of the  articles , the on -site inspection fee shall be charged 
as the articles being inspected by one inspector.  
3. On-site inspection  fee shall be charged only once  for the same applicant  
if several batches of  the articles  are inspect ed at the same place and the 
same time .  
If large quantities of the articles  are to be inspected and one inspector 
cannot complete the task in one day , the on -sites inspection fees shall be 
charged for the number of inspectors dispatched by  the Bureau of A nimal 
and Plant Health Inspection and Q uarantine and the number of days.  
No on-site inspection  fee will be charged  for inspection  conducted  at 
warehouses , container terminals or other location s where  the offices of the 
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine are locat ed. 
 
Article 10   For import  or export animals to be quarantine d at the facilities owned by 
the Bureau of A nimal  and Plant Health Inspection and Q uarantine or at 
other  facilities approved  by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection and Quarantine , the animal holding fees will be charged  in 
accordance with  Table  1 Animal Holding  Fees Schedule . 
If the time for quarantine of an animal exceeds the time limit as per relevant 
regulation, t he animal holding fee will include the facility  fee and extended 
operation  fee based on the extended  days.  
For on -site inspection of a nimals quarantined  at other approved  facilities  
by the inspectors dispatched  by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection and Quarantine , the on -site inspection fee shall be charged but 
the facility fee shall be exempt in accordance with paragraph s 1 and 2 of 
the preceding  Article . 
 
Article 11  If animal  dies during quarantine and the carcass is treated by burning, a n 
animal carcass burning fee  shall be charged in accordance with Table 2 Fee 
Standard for Animal Carcass Burning . 
 
Article 12   When applying for extended operation, the applicants or the agents shall 
follow the rules as described below : 
1. The applicants or the agents shall apply  for the extended quarant ine 
operation and animal detained quarantine operation according to 
different circumstances . 
2. The extended operation hours are as follows:   4 (1) The extended operation hours during weekdays are from 6:00 a.m. 
to 8:30 a .m. or from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. or from 5:30 p.m. to 
10:00 p.m.  
(2) The extended operation hours during weekends and national 
holidays are from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.  
(3) The special extended operation hours are from 10 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. 
of the next day.  
3. The extended quarantine  operation fees shall be charged as follows:  
(1) A fee of NT$ 200 for each batch of the articles shall be charged 
during weekdays.  
(2) A fee of NT$ 1,000 for each batch of the articles shall be charged 
during weekends and national holidays.  
(3) A fee of NT$ 2,000 for each batch of the articles shall be charged 
for the special extended operation hours.  
(4) The extended operation across the aforementioned items of this 
subparagraph shall be charged by the maximum fee.  
4. The extended animal detained quarantine operation fees shall be charged 
as follows:  
(1) A fee of NT$ 2 ,000 for each time  shall be charged during 
weekdays.  
(2) A fee of NT$ 2,500 for each time  shall be charged during 
weekends and national holidays.  
(3) A fee of NT$ 3,000 for each time  shall be charged for the special 
extended operation hours.  
5. If the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine 
approves the withdrawal of applications for extended operation made by 
an applicant, the extended operation fee will be refunded,  or be deducted 
in the next application for inspection with the deduction to be noted in 
the application form.  
6. If an applicant applies for inspection of several batches of the articles 
and the inspection can be conducted at the same place and the same time , 
the extended  quarantine  operation fee shall be charged as for one batch 
of the articles as described in Subparagraph 3.  
7. No extended quarantine operation fee is required for  the allowed 
quantity of quarantine objects or regulated articles carried by passe nger 
or crew serving on vehicles, vessels and aircrafts pursuant  to the 
Regulations for Quarantine of Animal/Plant Regulated Articles  Carried 
by Passengers and Service Personnel on Vehicles  or the Regulations for 
Quarantine of Plant Regulated Articles Export and Import by Mail . 
 
Article 13  For the import or export  articles  which are inspected and  require further 
quarantine treatments, the tr eatment fee  shall  be charged  as follows:  
1. The fees required  for fumigation and sterilization are in accordance with  
Table  3 Fumigation and Sterilization Fees Standard . 
2. Sea burial , raising, cultivation, transportation and destruction: the fees 
will be charged depending on the actual expenses . 
Every application for importing or exporting animal s and/or plant s and  5 their products shall be charge d a computer processing fee of  NT$100. The 
fees are exempted if the applicants make their applications electronically 
either by accessing the computer at the cou nter or via the internet.  
 
Chapter  4   Handling fees 
 
Article 14  The handling fee s for quarantine label used on export  articles  shall be 
charged as follow s: 
1. Quarantine label for general use: one label for one package , NT$ 1 for 
one label.   
2. Quarantine label for one container: one label for one container, NT$80 
for one container.  
No handling fee for quarantine label is required for the allowed quantity of 
quarantine objects or regulated articles carried by passenger or crew 
serving on vehicle s, vessels and aircrafts pursuant to  the Regulations for 
Quarantine of Animal/Plant Regulated Articles  Carried by Passengers and 
Service Personnel on Vehicles  or the Regulations for Quarantine of Plant 
Regulated Articles Export and Import by Mail . 
 
Article 15   For separation, reissu ance,  replacement  or copy of the veterinary / 
phytosanitary certificate , a fee of NT$ 120 shall be charged for each new 
certificate.  
 
Chapter 5   Supplementary Provisions  
 
Article 16  Charge of t he fees as scheduled in these regulations  shall follow  budget 
procedures.  
 
Article 17  The holding fee for the animal which was  arranged to be quarantined at the 
facility  before revision of  these regulations  shall be charged  as per the 
existing regulations before revision.  
 
Article 18  The regulation came  into force  on May 1, 2007.  
The amendment of regulation  shall come  into force  from the date of 
promulgation.  
   6 Table 1  Animal Hold ing Fees Schedule  
Item Animal  Facility fee＊ Testing fee＊＊ Other fees and 
remarks  
1 Dogs, Cat s 860 605 The fees are charged 
for the rabies 
vaccination of 
NT$140, microchip 
implantation of 
NT$300, medical 
treatment  for 
external parasites of 
NT$515 and 
medical treatment 
for intestinal 
parasites of NT$ 300 
as deemed necessary 
during quarantine  
each time.  
2 Horses , Mules, 
Donkey s 550 300  
3 Cattle  290 305  
4 Pigs 150 305  
5 Goat s, Sheep  250 305  
6 Llama s, Alpaca s 250 305  
7 Rabbit s 500 100  
8 Tortoises  60 10  
9 Ostriches  200 310  
10 Chicken s, Duck s, 
Geese, T urkey s 65 300/ Area  1. Ostriches are 
excluded from 
poultry indicated 
in the 11th item.  
2. Ostriches and 
poultry are 
excluded from 11 Poultry under two 
weeks of age  4 300/ Area  
12 Birds quarantined 
in small facilities  2,100  each room  
per day  
(900 for less than 
10 birds each 
room per day)  2,300/ batch   7 13 Birds quarantined 
in large facilities  3,000 each room 
per day  2,300/ batch  birds indicated 
in the 12th and 
13th items.  
3. The testing fees 
of poultry and 
birds, which are 
indicated in the 
11th, 12th and 
13th items, 
transported via 
countries or 
zones of highl y 
pathogenic avian 
influenza 
(HPAI) shall be 
charged triply.  
14 Other animals  In comparison 
with the size of 
the animal(s), the 
fee shall be 
charged 
according to the 
above items.    
Note:  
＊Facility fee:  Daily rate for each animal per day  
＊＊Testing fee charged for each animal or entire consignment every time . 
   8  
 Table 2   Fee Standard for Animal Carcass Burning  
Fee ( NT$) Remarks  
185 per kilogram  Less than 1 kg is counted as 1 kg  
   9  Table  3  Fumigation and Sterilization Fees Standard  
Unit Fee 
(NT$/container)  Remarks  
Fumigation 
container  used 
for less than 24 
hours.  5,000  A. Fumigation  of the articles not fully loaded in 
a container is still charged for the fee for one 
container.  
B. Fumigation of various kinds of the articles 
loaded in a container shall be charge d 
according to the proportion used by  the 
articles.  
C. Fumigation of the articles using part of a 
container fumigation facility is charged 
according to the proportion of the number of 
standard  pallets which can be loaded in to a 
40 feet container (20 pallets).  Fumigation 
container  used 
for more than 24 
hours.  6,200  
1. Applicable to cases using fumigation facilities  of the  plant protection and quarantine 
authorities . 
2. The fees do not cover  fumiga nt and l oading/unloading of the goods. The applicants 
shall provide  the fumigant  and carry out  loading/unload ing; otherwise t he plant 
protection and  quarantine authorities  will charge fees for provid ing services  based 
on actual expense s. 
3. When private organizations are entrusted to conduct  fumigation and sterilization, the 
fees charged shall  conform to the provisions of the entrustment agreement .