
Nicaragua
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Export - 6/05/2023, NI-127
Export Requirements
Last update Jun 05, 2023
- Poultry and poultry products (except as indicated in the Ineligible Products section below)
- Beef and beef products
- Pork and pork products
Note for Industry: Per the export certificate, APHIS has been restricting at the County level. Nicaragua is currently not allowing the importation of poultry and poultry products from States that have poultry and non-poultry detections.
- Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from or slaughtered within:
- Alaska
- Matanuska-Susitna County on or after September 14, 2022 and before April 10, 2023.
- Arkansas
- Madison County on or after September 16, 2022 and before December 31, 2022.
- California
- The State of California on or after September 8, 2018 and before September 3, 2020;
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Del Norte County on or after September 13, 2022 and before November 26, 2022;
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Fresno County on or after August 1, 2022 and before February 18, 2023;
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Glenn County on or after December 1, 2022;
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Merced County on or after January 16, 2023 and before April 10, 2023;
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Monterey County on or after September 13, 2022 and before November 30, 2022;
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Sacramento County on or after August 9, 2022 and before November 23, 2022;
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San Diego County on or after October13, 2022 and before April 3, 2023;
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Stanislaus County on or after September 12, 2022 and before February 28, 2023; and
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Tehama County on or after December 22, 2022 and before February 24, 2023;
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Tuolumne County on or after August 5, 2022 and before December 10, 2022.
- Colorado
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Boulder County on or after September 16, 2022 and before March 9, 2023;
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Jefferson County on or after September 29, 2022 and before March 17, 2023;
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LaPlata County on or after March 29, 2022 and before October 12, 2022;
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Montrose County on or after March 29, 2022 and before September 23, 2022;
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Pitkin County, CO on or after March 18, 2022 and before October 3, 2022;
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Prowers County on or after November 18, 2022;
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Weld County on or after April 8, 2022 and before April 11, 2023; and
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Yuma County on or after March 28, 2023;
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- Connecticut
- Fairfield County on or after March 29, 2019 and before July 18, 2019.
- Delaware
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Kent County on or after February 24, 2022 and before May 26, 2022; and
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New Castle County on or after February 1, 2022 and before June 24, 2022.
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Florida
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Broward County on or after September 23, 2022 and before March 14, 2023;
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Hillsborough County on or after February 28, 2023 and before April 26, 2023;
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Indian River County on or after October 4, 2022 and before March 22, 2023;
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Miami-Dade County on or after February 7, 2023 and before March 29, 2023; and
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Seminole County on or after October 26, 2022.
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Idaho
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Ada County on or after April 19, 2022 and before November 19, 2022;
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Canyon County on or after April18, 2022 and before November 20, 2022;
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Gooding County on or after March 24, 2022 and before March 23, 2023; and
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Madison County on or after March 30, 2022 and before October 17, 2022.
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- Illinois
- Grundy County on or after November 9, 2022; and
- Wayne County on or after February 3, 2023 and before April 22, 2023.
- Indiana
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Allen County on or after on May 17, 2022 and before July 20, 2022;
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Daviess County on or after November 22, 2022 and before April 18, 2023;
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Dubois County on or after January 18, 2022 and before June 14, 2022;
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Elkhart County
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on or after March 18, 2022 and before June 18, 2022; and
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on or after August 11, 2022 and before February 26, 2023; and
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Greene County on or after February 2, 2022 and before May 31, 2022.
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- Iowa
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Bremer County on or after March 31, 2022 and before August 3, 2022;
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Buena Vista County
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on or after February 13, 2022 and before June 23, 2022; and
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on or after November 14, 2022;
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Cherokee County
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on or after March 10, 2022 and before July 21, 2022; and
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on or after November 16, 2022 and before March 11, 2023;
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Franklin County on or after March 4, 2022 and before May 25, 2022;
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Guthrie County on or after March 7, 2022 and before June 24, 2022;
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Hamilton County on or after March 7, 2022 and before May 26, 2022;
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Hardin County on or after March 15, 2022 and before July 21, 2022;
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Humboldt County on or after March 12, 2022 and before May 29, 2022;
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Ida County on or after November 21, 2022 and before March 15, 2023;
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Osceola County on or after March 10, 2022 and before June 22, 2022;
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Sac County
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on or after March 12, 2022 and before June 20, 2022; and
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on or after November 16, 2022 and before April 7, 2023;
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Taylor County on or after February 17, 2022 and before June 3, 2022; and
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Wright County on or after October 10, 2022 and before January 29, 2023.
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- Kansas
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Anderson County on or after December 14, 2022 and before March 17, 2023;
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Dickinson County on or after February 25, 2022 and before September 20, 2022;
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Franklin County on or after February 18, 2022 and before September 9, 2022;
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Johnson County on or after September 16, 2022 and before March 29, 2023;
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McPherson County on or after March 23, 2022 and before August 4, 2022;
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Mitchell County on or after December 27, 2022 and before March 23, 2023;
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Neosho County on or after September 16, 2022 and before March 4, 2023;
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Republic County on or after April 6, 2022 and before October 25, 2022; and
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Shawnee County on or after September 28, 2022 and before November 17, 2022.
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- Kentucky
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Fayette County on or after September 15, 2022 and before November 5, 2022;
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Fulton County on or after January 22, 2022 and before May 8, 2022; and
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Webster County on or after January 25, 2022 and before May 14, 2022.
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- Maine
- Cumberland County on or after March 1, 2022 and before September 18, 2022.
- Maryland
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Cecil County on or after February 11, 2022 and before August 16, 2022;
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Queen Anne’s County on or after February 15, 2022 and before June 5, 2022; and
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Washington County on or after November 8, 2022 and before January 17, 2023.
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Michigan
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Ingham County on or after August 23, 2022 and before March 17, 2023;
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Lepeer County on or after September 16, 2022;
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Menominee County on or after March 23, 2022 and before October 11, 2022;
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Muskegon County on or after April 19, 2022;
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Tuscola County on or after September 12, 2022 and before March 30, 2023; and
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Wexford County on or after April 7, 2022 and before October 28, 2022.
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- Minnesota
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Becker County
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on or after March 13, 2022 and before July 21, 2022; and
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on or after August 19, 2022 and before November 28, 2022;
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Big Stone County on or after March 15, 2022 and before June 4, 2022;
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Blue Earth County on or after March 23, 2022 and before June 24, 2022;
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Brown County on or after August 23, 2022 and before November 21, 2022;
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Chisago County on or after April 20, 2022 and before November 5, 2022;
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Crow Wing County on or after April 19, 2022 and before November 3, 2022;
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Dakota County on or after April 30, 2022 and before July 12, 2022;
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Dodge County
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on or after March 13, 2022 and before June 26, 2022; and
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on or after November 17, 2022 and before February 8, 2023;
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Kandiyohi County on or after March 8, 2022 and before August 26, 2022;
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Lac Qui Parle County on or after March 8, 2022 and before June 30, 2022;
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Le Sueur County
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on or after March 13, 2022 and before June 25, 2022; and
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on or after October 6, 2022 and before December 30, 2022;
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Lyon County on or after April 12, 2022 and before July 25, 2022;
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Meeker County
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on or after March 4, 2022 and before July 4, 2022; and
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on or after August 9, 2022 and before November 28, 2022.
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Morrison County
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on or after March 10, 2022 and before August 8, 2022; and
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on or after August 17, 2022 and before November 27, 2022;
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Otter Tail County
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on or after March 18, 2022 and before August 7, 2022;
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on or after August 24, 2022 and before January 27, 2023.
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Renville County on or after March 18, 2022 and before July 5, 2022;
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Roseau County on or after August 31, 2022 and before February 17, 2023;
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Stearns County
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on or after March 5, 2022 and before August 5, 2022; and
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on or after August 23, 2022 and before December 30, 2022;
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Swift County
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on or after March 19, 2022 and before August 18, 2022; and
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on or after October 4, 2022 and before January 25, 2023;
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Todd County
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on or after March 30, 2022 and before July 16, 2022; and
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on or after November 2, 2022 and before February 6, 2023;
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Wadena County on or after November 21, 2022 and before February 10, 2023;
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Waseca County on or after March 15, 2022 and before July 1, 2022; and
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Yellow Medicine County on or after March 22, 2022 and before July 23, 2022.
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Mississippi
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Copiah County on or after January 27, 2023 and before March 21, 2023;
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Lawrence County on or after October 14, 2022 and before January 4, 2023; and
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Leake County on or after January 17, 2023.
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- Missouri
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Dade County on or after March 16, 2022 and before June 16, 2022;
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Jasper County on or after February 15, 2022 and before June 29, 2022;
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Lawrence County on or after February 16, 2022 and before July 21, 2022;
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Osage County on or after November 18, 2022 and before February 18, 2023;
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Stoddard County on or after February 11, 2022 and before July 19, 2022; and
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Webster County on or after November 1, 2022 and before April 22, 2023.
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- Montana
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Cascade County on or after March 17, 2022 and before June 1, 2022;
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Granite County on or after October 11, 2022 and before March 26, 2023; and
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Teton County on or after August 25, 2022 and before October 19, 2022.
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- Nebraska
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Butler County on or after March 1, 2022 and before June 30, 2022;
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Dixon County
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on or after March 22, 2022 and before June 20, 2022; and
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on or after November 4, 2022 and before February 6, 2023;
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Knox County
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on or after April 6, 2022 and before July 5, 2022; and
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on or after November 23, 2022;
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Lincoln County on or after January 31, 2023; and
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York County on or after September 8, 2022 and before April 4, 2023.
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Nevada
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Nye County on or after September 26, 2022.
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- New Hampshire
- Merrimack County on or after September 2, 2022 and before March 29, 2023.
- New Jersey
- Monmouth County on or after April 26, 2022 and before November 13, 2022.
- New York
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Columbia County on or after January 31, 2023;
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Monroe County on or after March 8, 2022 and before September 28, 2022;
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Orleans County on or after March 15, 2022 and before October 4, 2022;
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Putnam County on or after March 22, 2023;
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Queens County
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on or after October 22, 2022 and before December 13, 2022; and
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on or after March 1, 2023;
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Suffolk County on or after March 2, 2022 and before September 23, 2022; and
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Tompkins County on or after March 1, 2023.
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- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina on or after March 12, 2020, and before October 19, 2020;
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Johnston County on or after March 8, 2022 and before July 24, 2022; and
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Wayne County on or after March 12, 2022 and before August 9, 2022.
- North Dakota
- Barnes County on or after March 23, 2022 and before October 8, 2022;
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Bottineau County on or after October 13, 2022 and before April 3, 2023;
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Dickey County
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on or after March 10, 2022 and before September 27, 2022; and
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on or after March 29, 2023;
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- Kidder County on or after March 8, 2022 and before October 4, 2022;
- LaMoure County on or after March 12, 2022 and before July 2, 2022;
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McHenry County on or after May 16, 2022 and before December 5, 2022;
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Ransom County on or after September 6, 2022 and before November 25, 2022;
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Richland County on or after March 31, 2022 and before October 23, 2022;
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Stutsman County on or after March 18, 2022 and before October 14, 2022; and
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Ward County on or after September 1, 2022 and before April 8, 2023.
- Ohio
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Butler County on or after October 17, 2022 and before April 11, 2023; and
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Defiance County on or after August 13, 2022 and before November 26, 2022.
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- Oklahoma
- Sequoyah County on or after April 9, 2022 and before June 8, 2022.
- Oregon
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Deschutes County on or after June 21, 2022 and before February 7, 2023;
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Lane County on or after April 26, 2022 and before November 13, 2022; and
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Yamhill County on or after October 13, 2022 and before April 21, 2023.
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- Pennsylvania
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Adams County on or after September 20, 2022 and before February 1, 2023;
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Berks County on or after April 12, 2022 and before August 7, 2022;
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Bucks County on or after February 13, 2023 and before April 13, 2023;
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Chester County on or after February 3, 2023;
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Lancaster County
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on or after March 25, 2022 and before September 25, 2022; and
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on or after January 11, 2023;
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Lehigh County on or after October 13, 2022 and before March 18, 2023;
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Northampton County on or after July 21, 2022 and before September 8, 2022;
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Northumberland County on or after February 10, 2023;
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Washington County on or after August 30, 2022 and before October 24, 2022; and
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York County on or after September 8, 2022.
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South Carolina
- The State of South Carolina on or after March 17, 2020, and on or before August 28, 2020.
- South Dakota
- Beadle County
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on or after March 1, 2022 and before June 17, 2022;
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on or after September 21, 2022 and before November 4, 2022;
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on or after November 24, 2022 and before January 9, 2023; and
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on or after March 29, 2023;
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- Bonne Homme County on or after March 8, 2022 and before May 27, 2022;
- Brule County
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on or after March 9, 2022 and before May 29, 2022; and
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on or after September 15, 2022 and before November 4, 2022;
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- Charles Mix County
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on or after February 12, 2022 and before May 14, 2022; and
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on or after November 9, 2022 and before January 15, 2023;
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- Clark County
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on or after March 6, 2022 and before June 22, 2022;
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on or after August 30, 2022 and before January 19, 2023;
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- Codington County
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on or after March 6, 2022 and before June 22, 2022; and
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on or after December 15, 2022;
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Day County on or after April 13, 2022 and before October 30, 2022;
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Deuel County on or after March 23, 2022 and before May 23, 2022;
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Edmunds County
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on or after March 2, 2022 and before August 5, 2022; and
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on or after October 31, 2022 and before December 23, 2022;
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Faulk County
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on or after March 15, 2022 and before May 29, 2022; and
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on or after November 2, 2022 and before January 6, 2023;
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Gregory County on or after September 20, 2022 and before April 4, 2023;
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Hamlin County on or after November 9, 2022 and before January 20, 2023;
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Hanson County
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on or after February 25, 2022 and before June 4, 2022; and
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on or after November 8, 2022 and before February 28, 2023;
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Hutchinson County on or after February 27, 2022 and before May 31, 2022;
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Jerauld County on or after March 3, 2022 and before May 3, 2022;
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Kingsbury County on or after February 25, 2022 and before May 17, 2022;
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Lake County
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on or after March 12, 2022 and before June 4, 2022; and
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on or after November 10, 2022 and before February 4, 2023;
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McPherson County
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on or after March 6, 2022 and before July 13, 2022; and
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on or after September 3, 2022 and before November 11, 2022;
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Moody County on or after November 23, 2022 and before February 9, 2023;
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Roberts County on or after September 28, 2022 and before December 21, 2022;
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Spink County
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on or after March 8, 2022 and before June 11, 2022; and
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on or after November 4, 2022; and
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Yankton County on or after March 19, 2022 and before May 26, 2022.
- Beadle County
- Tennessee
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Bledsoe County on or after October 25, 2022 and before January 19, 2023;
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Obion County on or after August 25, 2022 and before October 17, 2022; and
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Weakley on or after November 23, 2022.
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- Texas
- Erath County on or after March 12, 2022 and before May 19, 2022; and
- Lampasas County on or after December 28, 2022 and before February 18, 2023.
- Utah
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Cache County on or after April 4, 2022 and before July 13, 2022;
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Iron County on or after November 7, 2022 and before April 22, 2023; and
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Sanpete County on or after June 23, 2022 and before January 20, 2023.
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Virginia
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Alexandria City on or after February 2, 2023 and before March 25, 2023; and
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Rockingham County on or after December 29, 2022 and before May 8, 2023. *
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Washington
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Franklin County on or after November 23, 2022 and before March 7, 2023;
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King County on or after May 17, 2022 and before December 28, 2022;
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Pacific County on or after April 14, 2022 and before October 31, 2022; and
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Snohomish County on or after June 27, 2022.
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Wisconsin
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Barron County on or after March 22, 2022 and before August 3, 2022;
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Dunn County on or after September 8, 2022 and before December 2, 2022;
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Franklin County on or after November 23, 2022;
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Jefferson County
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on or after February 21, 2022 and before June 22, 2022; and
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on or after October 17, 2022 and before April 19, 2023;
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Polk County on or after March 25, 2022 and before July 4, 2022;
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Racine County on or after March 17, 2022 and before December 30, 2022; and
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Washington County on or after August 12, 2022 and before February 27, 2023.
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- Alaska
All export applications for meat and poultry exports must be entered and processed through PHIS beginning Monday, March 6, 2023.
Effective for all meat and poultry export certificates approved, signed, and issued on or after March 6, 2023, all new or existing FSIS Letterhead Certificates will no longer be signed and issued by FSIS IPP. Instead, the export applicant will select the equivalent statements via the PHIS statements module when completing the export application in PHIS. The selected statements will be added by PHIS in the remarks continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B: Meat, Poultry and Egg Products Export Certificate of Wholesomeness Continuation Sheet.
- Poultry and Poultry Products: FSIS Form 9060-5: Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness is required and will be generated through PHIS. *
- The city and state location of the establishment that produced the poultry or poultry product and the following certification statement must be included in the FSIS Form 9060-5 Remarks block 17.
NOTE: For exports certified on or after March 6, 2023, the statement below must be added to the export certificate via the statements module when completing the export application in PHIS. The selected statements will be added by PHIS in the remarks continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B.
1. The meat is derived from birds which have been kept at a farm since they were hatched or for the past 21 days and which there has been no evidence of notifiable avian influenza (NAI) in the past 21 days.
Note for Industry: Per the export certificate, APHIS has been restricting at the County level. Nicaragua is currently not allowing the importation of poultry and poultry products from States that have poultry and non-poultry detections.
- The city and state location of the establishment that produced the poultry or poultry product and the following certification statement must be included in the FSIS Form 9060-5 Remarks block 17.
- Beef and beef products. FSIS Form 9060-5: Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness is required and will be generated through PHIS. *
NOTE: For exports certified on or after March 6, 2023, the statements below must be added to the export certificate via the statements module when completing the export application in PHIS. The selected statements will be added by PHIS in the remarks continuation page, FSIS Form 9060-5B.
- The United States complies with the conditions in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the OIE as a country that presents a Negligible Risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Estados Unidos cumple con las condiciones del Código de Salud de Animales Terrestres de la OIE como un país que presenta un Riesgo Negligible para la encefalopatía espongiforme bovina.
- The United States complies with the conditions in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the OIE as a country that presents a Negligible Risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
- Pork and pork products: FSIS Form 9060-5: Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness is required and will be generated through PHIS. *
All Federally inspection establishments are eligible to export.
Import Requirements
Last update Feb 28, 2022
Additional Import Information
The products identified in the table above are eligible for export from Nicaragua to the United States as determined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Equivalence Process.
Source materials used to produce product intended for export to the United States must originate from a certified establishment in an eligible country that has an equivalent raw or processed products inspection system.
The above are the Process Categories, Product Categories, and Product Groups as listed in the FSIS Product Categorization document and defined in the Public Health Information System (PHIS).
APHIS Animal Disease Requirements for Nicaragua
The USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) restricts certain animal products from entering the United States because of animal disease conditions in the country of origin. Applicable APHIS animal disease requirements that may have an impact on Nicaragua’s eligibility to export product to the United States are listed below:
Beef imported from Nicaragua is subjected to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.18 or 9 CFR 94.19.
For information or questions concerning a country’s animal disease status and restrictions please contact the APHIS Veterinary Services, Strategy and Policy, Animal Product Import and Export at:
USDA-APHIS
Veterinary Services, Strategy and Policy, Animal Product Import and Export (APIE)
4700 River Road, Unit 40
Riverdale, MD 20737
Phone: (301) 851-3300
E-mail: APIE@USDA.GOV
Link to Nicaragua’s Certified Establishment List
A certified establishment is an establishment that the Central Competent Authority (CCA) of the foreign country has certified as meeting the requirements of the inspection system that FSIS has determined equivalent to the United States inspection system and, therefore, eligible to export meat, poultry, or egg products to the United States.