I Want to Import Livestock Products from Uzbekistan. What Procedures Are Required? Released

Article 11 (Import Sanitary Evaluation of Livestock Products and Animal-Based Foods)

① The Minister of Food and Drug Safety may conduct an import sanitary evaluation on the sanitary management status of livestock products or animal-based foods from exporting countries in cases prescribed by the Prime Minister's decree, such as when the government of the exporting country requests permission to import livestock products or animal-based foods, or when a re-evaluation of the sanitary management of the exporting country is deemed necessary due to changes in international standards by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, etc. However, if the livestock products fall under designated quarantine items according to Article 31 of the Livestock Epidemic Prevention Act, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs must conduct an import risk analysis according to Article 32, Paragraph 5 of the same law and then conduct an import sanitary evaluation for the relevant livestock products. <Amended on December 11, 2018, June 13, 2023.>

② The Minister of Food and Drug Safety may establish and announce import sanitary requirements for livestock products or animal-based foods by exporting country or region based on the results of the import sanitary evaluation conducted under Paragraph 1. However, for animal-based foods manufactured or processed using livestock products from countries or regions where import sanitary requirements have already been announced, the import sanitary evaluation under Paragraph 1 may not be conducted, and the import sanitary requirements for the relevant animal-based foods may be announced. <Amended on June 13, 2023.>

④ The Minister of Food and Drug Safety may conduct on-site inspections of overseas manufacturing facilities or workplaces to investigate and verify the implementation of the import sanitary requirements for livestock products or animal-based foods announced under Paragraph 2. <Amended on June 13, 2023.>

⑤ Those who declare the import of livestock products or animal-based foods must attach an export sanitary certificate issued according to the form, etc., agreed upon with the Minister of Food and Drug Safety by the government of the exporting country. <Amended on June 13, 2023.>

⑥ The procedures and methods necessary for Paragraphs 1 to 5 are prescribed by the Prime Minister's decree.

 

According to Article 11, Paragraph 3, it means that imported livestock products can only be imported from countries announced by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. 

As of the date of writing this article, Uzbekistan is not included in the countries announced by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.

Therefore, aside from understanding the import procedures, it should be noted that the import of livestock products from Uzbekistan is currently not allowed.