NameImport permit for aquatic animals
DescriptionImporters of aquatic animals must conform with specific requirements in annex 1 of this decision no. 4211/MAF and submit the import request application as specified in annex 3 to the department of livestock and fisheries to issue the import permit according to the form in annex 4
Commentsto avoid and prevent diseases from spreading and to assure that the products are safe for humans, local animals, and environment.
Validity From2019-11-29
Validity To9999-12-31
ReferenceArticle 6 and 8 of the decision no. 4211/MAF
Technical Code
Measure TypePermit Requirement
AgencyMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry
Legal Document- Decision on Import, Export and Transit of Aquatic Animals and Aquatic Products No. 4211/MAF, dated 29 November 2019.
Is StandardNo
UN CodeA14
Measure ClassGood
Created Datetime2012-03-02 17:24:24
Updated Datetime2022-07-23 23:11:52
Procedures
# Procedure Name Description Category View Detail
1 Procedures for import aquatic animals and aquatic products (updated 2022) Procedure to import live and fresh fish for human consumption or breeding. Import
Forms
# Title Description Issued By File
Commodity/s
# HS Code Description
1 0301119100 - - - - Koi carp (Cyprinus carpio)
2 0301119200 - - - - Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
3 0301119300 - - - - Siamese fighting fish (Beta splendens)
4 0301119500 - - - - Arowanas (Scleropages formosus)
5 0301119900 - - - - Other
6 0301191000 - - - Fry
7 0301910000 - - Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
8 0301920000 - - Eels (Anguilla spp.)
9 0301940000 - - Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis)
10 0301950000 - - Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii)
11 0301991100 - - - - Breeding
12 0301991900 - - - - Other
13 0301992900 - - - - Other
14 0302110000 - - Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
15 0302130000 - - Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus)
16 0302140000 - - Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)
17 0302190000 - - Other
18 0302210000 - - Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis)
19 0302220000 - - Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
20 0302230000 - - Sole (Solea spp.)
21 0302240000 - - Turbots (Psetta maxima)
22 0302290000 - - Other
23 0302310000 - - Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)
24 0302320000 - - Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares)
25 0302330000 - - Skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis)
26 0302340000 - - Bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus)
27 0302350000 - - Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis)
28 0302360000 - - Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii)
29 0302390000 - - Other
30 0302410000 - - Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)
31 0302420000 - - Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)
32 0302430000 - - Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus)
33 0302440000 - - Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus)
34 0302450000 - - Jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)
35 0302460000 - - Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
36 0302470000 - - Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
37 0302510000 - - Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)
38 0302520000 - - Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
39 0302530000 - - Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
40 0302540000 - - Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)
41 0302550000 - - Alaska Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)
42 0302560000 - - Blue whitings (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis)
43 0302590000 - - Other
44 0302710000 - - Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)
45 0302721000 - - - Yellowtail catfish (Pangasius pangasius)
46 0302729000 - - - Other
47 0302740000 - - Eels (Anguilla spp.)
48 0302790000 - - Other
49 0302810000 - - Dogfish and other sharks
50 0302820000 - - Rays and skates (Rajidae)
51 0302830000 - - Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
52 0302840000 - - Seabass (Dicentrarchus spp.)
53 0302850000 - - Seabream (Sparidae)
54 0302891200 - - - - Longfin mojarra (Pentaprion longimanus)
55 0302891300 - - - - Bluntnose lizardfish (Trachinocephalus myops)
56 0302891400 - - - - Savalai hairtails (Lepturacanthus savala), Belanger’s croakers (Johnius belangerii), Reeve’s croakers (Chrysochir aureus) and bigeye croakers (Pennahia anea)
57 0302891600 - - - - Torpedo scads (Megalaspis cordyla), spotted sicklefish (Drepane punctata) and great barracudas (Sphyraena barracuda)
58 0302891700 - - - - Black pomfrets (Parastromatus niger)
59 0302891800 - - - - Mangrove red snappers (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
60 0302891900 - - - - Other
61 0302892200 - - - - Swamp barb (Puntius chola)
62 0302892700 - - - - Hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha)
63 0302892800 - - - - Wallago (Wallago attu) and giant river-catfish (Sperata seenghala)
64 0302892900 - - - - Other
65 0303110000 - - Sockeye salmon (red salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka)
66 0303120000 - - Other Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus)
67 0303130000 - - Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)
68 0303140000 - - Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
69 0303190000 - - Other
70 0303230000 - - Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)
71 0303240000 - - Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)
72 0303250000 - - Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.)
73 0303260000 - - Eels (Anguilla spp.)
74 0303290000 - - Other
75 0303310000 - - Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis)
76 0303320000 - - Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
77 0303330000 - - Sole (Solea spp.)
78 0303340000 - - Turbots (Psetta maxima)
79 0303390000 - - Other
80 0303410000 - - Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)
81 0303420000 - - Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares)
82 0303430000 - - Skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis)
83 0303440000 - - Bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus)
84 0303460000 - - Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii)
85 0303510000 - - Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)
86 0303530000 - - Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus)
87 0303550000 - - Jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)
88 0303560000 - - Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
89 0303570000 - - Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
90 0303630000 - - Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)
91 0303640000 - - Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
92 0303650000 - - Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
93 0303660000 - - Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)
94 0303670000 - - Alaska Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)
95 0303680000 - - Blue whitings (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis)
96 0303690000 - - Other
97 0303810000 - - Dogfish and other sharks
98 0303820000 - - Rays and skates (Rajidae)
99 0303830000 - - Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
100 0303840000 - - Seabass (Dicentrarchus spp.)
101 0303891300 - - - - Bluntnose lizardfish (Trachinocephalus myops)
102 0303891400 - - - - Savalai hairtails (Lepturacanthus savala), Belanger’s croakers (Johnius belangerii), Reeve’s croakers (Chrysochir aureus) and bigeye croakers (Pennahia anea)
103 0303891600 - - - - Torpedo scads (Megalaspis cordyla), spotted sicklefish (Drepane punctata) and great barracudas (Sphyraena barracuda)
104 0303891700 - - - - Black pomfrets (Parastromatus niger)
105 0303891800 - - - - Mangrove red snappers (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
106 0303891900 - - - - Other
107 0303892200 - - - - Swamp barb (Puntius chola)
108 0303892700 - - - - Hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha)
109 0303892800 - - - - Wallago (Wallago attu) and giant river-catfish (Sperata seenghala)
110 0303892900 - - - - Other
111 0305201000 - - Of freshwater fish, dried, salted or in brine
112 0305209000 - - Other
113 0305310000 - - Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
114 0305320000 - - Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae
115 0305391000 - - - Freshwater garfish (Xenentodon cancila), yellowstriped goatfish (Upeneus vittatus) and long-rakered trevally (Ulua mentalis)
116 0305392000 - - - Savalai hairtails (Lepturacanthus savala), Belanger’s croakers (Johnius belangerii), Reeve’s croakers (Chrysochir aureus) and Bigeye croakers (Pennahia anea)
117 0305410000 - - Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)
118 0305420000 - - Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)
119 0305430000 - - Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
120 0305440000 - - Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
121 0305510000 - - Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)
122 0305599000 - - - Other
123 0305610000 - - Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)
124 0305620000 - - Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)
125 0305630000 - - Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)
126 0305640000 - - Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
127 0305691000 - - - Marine fish
128 0305699000 - - - Other
129 0306150000 - - Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)
130 0306160000 - - Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon)
131 0306173000 - - - Giant river prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
132 0306179000 - - - Other
133 0307111000 - - - Live
134 0307112000 - - - Fresh or chilled
135 0307192000 - - - Dried, salted or in brine
136 0307193000 - - - Smoked
137 0307211000 - - - Live
138 0307212000 - - - Fresh or chilled
139 0307311000 - - - Live
140 0307312000 - - - Fresh or chilled
141 0307511000 - - - Live
142 0307512000 - - - Fresh or chilled
143 0307593000 - - - Smoked
144 0307601000 - - Live
145 0307602000 - - Fresh, chilled or frozen
146 0307711000 - - - Live
147 0307712000 - - - Fresh or chilled
148 0307811000 - - - Live
149 0307812000 - - - Fresh or chilled
150 0307911000 - - - Live
151 0307912000 - - - Fresh or chilled
152 0308111000 - - - Live
153 0308112000 - - - Fresh or chilled
154 0308192000 - - - Dried, salted or in brine
155 0308193000 - - - Smoked
156 0308211000 - - - Live
157 0308212000 - - - Fresh or chilled
158 0308292000 - - - Dried, salted or in brine
159 0308293000 - - - Smoked
160 0308301000 - - Live
161 0308302000 - - Fresh or chilled
162 0308303000 - - Frozen
163 0308304000 - - Dried, salted or in brine
164 0308305000 - - Smoked
165 0308901000 - - Live
166 0308902000 - - Fresh or chilled
167 0308903000 - - Frozen
168 0308904000 - - Dried, salted or in brine
169 0308905000 - - Smoked
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