 Export
information
Export requirements
for shipping waterfowl out of the USA
1. Health Certificate
A health certificate can be provided by the Department of Agriculture
(USDA). It requires about two weeks to process and costs $30.00.
The health certificate has the following information: name and
mailing address, date of shipment, breeds of ducks/ geese ,quantities
shipped, date of inspection, signature and date of inspecting
veterinarian, signature and date of federal veterinarian, seal
of USDA, National Poultry Improvement Plan number and the following
statement:
This is to certify that:
1)
the flock or flocks and the hatchery or hatcheries from which
the above-described hatching eggs or newly hatched poultry originated
were inspected by me or another accredited veterinarian within
30 days prior to shipment of above hatching eggs or setting
of eggs for above shipment of day old chicks and found free
from evidence of communicable diseases and insofar as can be
determined have not been exposed to Newcastle disease, fowl
plague, fowl typhoid, ornithosis, and pullorum disease;
2)
during the usual routine inspection of the flock or flocks there
was no visible evidence of communicable diseases observed on
the inspection dates listed in item 13 below;
3) the National Poultry Improvement Plan classification is as
indicated in item 9 above; and
4) the prospective exporter has been advised that the
hatching eggs must be clean and that the shipment must be made
in new, clean containers."
Some countries require additional declarations on the health
certificate. These can normally be included if the exact wording
are required in advance.
2. Shipping
All shipments are made by air freight except those customers
living in Canada or Mexico near the border. These customers
can cross the border and receive their birds in a US Post Office.
With this method, the only shipping expense is the postage required
to mail the shipment. A health certificate is still required.
If we are to ship by air freight, we need to know your airport
and the major airlines that fly into that airport. All our birds
are shipped from San Francisco International Airport on Monday
evening or early Tuesday morning. They must arrive no later
than Wednesday morning at your airport. If they arrived after
this it would be too much time for them without food or water.
If connections cannot be made for them to arrive by Wednesday
morning, you may want to consider purchasing hatching eggs.
Duck hatching eggs are one half the price of the same number
of ducklings. If you can make your own shipping arrangements
with an airline, it will lower your costs and should enable
us to ship your order sooner.
3. Consulate Certification
Some countries require the invoice
and/or health certificate to be certified by their country's
consulate in the United States. It is your responsibility to
determine if this is required. If it is, there will be additional
charges for this. All our shipments include at least 2% extra
birds in case there is any mortality during shipping. This is
rarely a problem, however. |
