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- 1 -MAFRA Notification No. 0000-00 (Aug. 00, 2020) 
The following are the Import Health Requirements for Non-livestock  Captive or Wild Mammals 
enacted in accordance with Article 34.2 of the Act on the Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases.
ImportHealthRequirementsforCaptiveorWildMammals
Article 1 (Objective)  The objective of this notification is to stipulate necessary conditions such as 
quarantine of the exporting country and animal disease freedom situation for captive or wild 
mammals imported to the Republic of Korea in accordance with Article 34.2 of the Act on the 
Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases.
Article 2 (Definition)  The meaning of the terminology used in the import health requirements are as 
follows.
1, “Captive or Wild mammals” refer to animals inhabiting, growing or artificially 
reproducting in natural environments such as mountains, fields or rivers. However, 
specific-pathogen-free (SPE) animals imported for the purpose of laboratory research are excluded. 
A. Chiroptera refers to all the bats falling into the category of Chiroptera.
B. Carnivora refers to animals falling into the category of dogs, cats, skunks, 
raccoons(American raccoons), Mustelidae, civets, African civets and mongeese.
C. Rodentia refers to all the rodents falling into the category of Rodentia
2. A “pet” refers to an animal accompanied (carried) with a traveler as a companion and 
regulated by the ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 
3. “The government of the exporting country” refers to the animal quarantine authority of 
the exporting country. 
4. A “veterinary officer of the exporting country” refers to a quarantine officer who serves 
as a government veterinarian of the exporting country.
5. A “breeding facility” refers to a facility permitted or registered according to the 
regulations of an exporting country by the government of the exporting country and recognized as a 
safe facility in terms of animal quarantine.  
6. The “exporting region” refers to a state or a province that is the highest regional 
administrative unit of the exporting country.
7. The “country (area) free of rabies” refers to a country or an area free of rabies according This is non-official translation
- 2 -to the website of the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (www.qia.go.kr).
Article 3 (Condition for birth and breeding) Captive or Wild mammals (hereinafter referred to as 
“animals for export”) exported to the Republic of Korea from a foreign country (hereinafter referred 
to as “an exporting country”) shall be either born and raised at breeding facilities, or raised there 
during at least 6 months prior to their export.
Article 4 (Breeding facilities) 
   1. Breeding facilities of animals for export (excluding pets) shall be registered according to 
relevant regulations of an exporting country (hereinafter referred to as “breeding facilities.”). The 
breeding facility shall be monitored by the government of an exporting country and approved as a 
facility meeting compling to the conditions stipulated in this notification by the head of the animal 
quarantine agency of the Republic of Korea, following the notification made by the government of 
the exporting country to the head of the animal quarantine agency in advance. 
   2. Breeding facility must maintain and store the records on information such as the type of 
animals for export, the number of animals, the country of origin, or the region where the animal was 
captured, the day of arrival for new animals, disease outbreak status, medication treatment, clinical 
trials and rabies neutralizing antibodies test.
   3. Breeding facility shall have in place and operate control programs to monitor the outbreak of 
animal diseases on a regular basis and shall be found free of diseases as a result of inspection 
conducted by the government of the exporting country. 
    4. Breeding facility has been free of tuberculosis for the past 2 years and rabies and plaque for 
the past 1 year.
Article 5 (Conditions of Animals for export) Animals for export shall follow one of the below 
requirements. But, rodentia(order rodentia) shall follow the Article 1 below and pet animals shall 
follow the Article 1 or 2 below.
    1. Animals for export should be originated from a country or an area free from rabies.
    2. The animals for export shall be vaccinated against rabies. Animals for export shall go through 
rabies specific antibody test to neutralize rabies virus, conducted by an internationally accredited 
laboratory or the government of the exporting country, within the last 3 to 12 months prior to the 
date of their shipment and the results shall be 0.5 IU/ml and above.    
    3. Animals for export shall be raised at premises which must have been free from rabies for 12 
months prior to shipment, apart from other animals susceptible to rabies since birth or at least 6 
months prior to shipment.
Article 6 (Export quarantine)  
   1. Animals for export (excluding pets) shall be isolated at the quarantine facility designated by This is non-official translation
- 3 -the government of the exporting country for at least 30 days and inspected by a government 
veterinary officer. During the export quarantine period, the animals must show no clinical signs or 
symptoms of contagious diseases. Also, they should not contact with other animals except for 
animals for export once the export quarantine procedures are initiated.  
   2. The animals for export shall be treated with (an) insecticide(s) twice or more with at least 2 
weeks of interval within at least 5 days before the shipment to eradicate internal and external 
parasites.
   3. Animals for export must show no clinical signs or symptoms of rabies according to clinical tests 
conducted by a veterinary officer of the government of the exporting country on the day of shipment or the 
day before. 
   4. The Korean Government may request a laboratory test for particular animal diseases on animals for export 
considering the outbreak of animal diseases etc. in the exporting country.
Article 7 (Transportation of Animals) 
   1. Export quarantine facilities, containers, vehicles, and storage areas in vessels and aircraft used 
to transport animals for export shall be disinfected with disinfectants approved by the government of 
the exporting country before the entry of the animals or before use. The animals for export must be 
transported safely in a manner that prevents them from being infected with animal diseases.
   2. Hay, litter and fodder used in transit of animals for export shall be clean and free from 
contamination by pathogens of contagious animal diseases and shall not be additionally purchased 
during transport.
   3. Animals for export shall not come in contact with other susceptible animals that have not gone 
through export quarantine and inspection along with the animals being exported during transport to 
Korea.
Article 8 (Export Health Certificate) Veterinary officers of the exporting country shall issue an export 
health certificate that provides the following information in detail either in Korean or in English 
before shipment. The exporting government shall consult the Korean Government about the export 
health certificate form in advance.
   A. Captive or Wild mammals (excluding pets)
1) The species, breeds (including scientific names), individual identification marks (e.g. 
microchip numbers), sex and age of the animals for export
2) The breeding facility’s name and address
3) Matters specified in Articles 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
3-1) If the animals for export meet the conditions under Article 5-1, the name of the region This is non-official translation
- 4 -and address of the location where the animals are raised prior to shipment
3-2) If vaccinated against Rabies according to Article 5-2, the product name and expiration 
period of the vaccine and the date of vaccination.
3-3) If the Rabies Neutralizing Antibody Titre Test is conducted under Article 5-2, the date 
of blood collection and testing, test result and name of the laboratory performed the test
3-4) The place and period of quarantine according to Article 6-1
3-5) The drug’s name used to treat animals against endoparasites and ectoparasites, and 
methods, frequency and date of treatment pursuant to Article 6-2
3-6) If a precision test is conducted as necessary under Article 6.4, the name of the disease, 
test methods and result, and laboratory name that performed the test
4) The name of the vessel or aircraft, date and place of shipment
5) The exporter and importer’s address and name (company name) 
6) The health certificate’s issuance date and place, the issuer’s name, title, agency and 
signature  
   B. Pets
1) The species, breeds (including scientific names), individual identification marks (e.g. 
microchip numbers), sex and age of the animals for export
2) Matters specified in Articles 3, 5-1, or 5-2
2-1) If the animals meet the condition under Article 5-2, the product name, expiration period 
and administration date of the vaccine against Rabies and the date of blood collection and testing, 
test result and the name of the laboratory performed the Neutralizing Antibody Titre Test 
3) (If a parasiticide drug is administered) The drug’s name and expiration period, date of 
treatment
4) The name of vessel or aircraft, date and place of shipment
5) The exporter and importer’s address and name (company name) 
6) The health certificate’s issuance date and place, the issuer’s name, title, agency and 
signature 
Article 9 (On-site Inspection) 
   1. Veterinary officers of the Korean Government may conduct on-site inspection on the breeding 
facility when deemed necessary as regards with the enforcement and application of these import This is non-official translation
- 5 -health requirements. The government of the exporting country shall actively cooperate for on-site 
inspection. If any instance of non-compliance with these import health requirements is found, the 
veterinary officer can suspend exports to Korea or revoke approval of the concerned breeding facility.  
   2. When the breeding facility has suspended exports to Korea due to bankruptcy, business 
closure, etc. the exporting government shall cancel the registration of the concerned facility and 
immediately notify the decision to the Korean Government.
   3. Breeding facilities shall keep records as prescribed in Article 4-2 as well as original records 
of regular operation of monitoring programs to check on the outbreak of contagious animal diseases 
for at least 2 years.
Article 10 (Measures for Non-Compliance of Animals Imported) Should be found non-compliance 
with the import health requirements or infectious animal diseases during import quarantine and 
inspection on imported animals, the Korean Government may order to return or destroy the 
concerned animals.
Article 11 (Review Deadline)  The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs shall review the 
validity of this Notification and take necessary measures of improvement, etc, every three years 
starting January 1, 2021 (meaning December 31st of every three years) according to the ‘Regulation 
for issuance and management of rules and instructions.’
Addendum <No. 2020-00, 0000.00.00. >
This notification shall be effective from the date of notification. But, the approval requirements for 
breeding facilities holding animals for export pursuant to Article 4-1 shall apply after six months 
(180 days) of the enforcement date of this notification