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Export Requirements

Last update May 01, 2023

Ineligible Products

  1. Egg products produced on or after April 8, 2020 and before August 5, 2020 from Chesterfield County, South Carolina

1. Meat and meat products. (Note: Effective May 28, 2013, an EV program is no longer required for beef and beef products including canned beef products). 

2. Protein-free beef tallow.

3. Poultry and poultry products (except as indicated in Section B. Ineligible Products below).

  1. Fresh/frozen poultry and uncooked poultry products derived from birds slaughtered, processed or stored in:
    1. Arkansas
      1. Madison County on or after October 7, 2022 and before December 31, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    2. California
      1. Fresno County on or after August 22, 2022 and before February 18, 2023; 
      2. Glenn County on or after December 22, 2022;
      3. Merced County on or after February 6, 2023 and before April 10, 2023; 
      4. Monterey County on or after October 4, 2022 and before November 30, 2022; 
      5. Sacramento County on or after August 30, 2022 and before November 23, 2022; 
      6. Stanislaus County on or after October 3, 2022 and before February 28, 2023; and 
      7. Tuolumne County on or after August 26, 2022 and before December 8, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. *
    3. Colorado
      1. Montrose County on or after April 19, 2022 and before September 23, 2022; and 
      2. Weld County
        1. on or after April 29, 2022 and before August 31, 2022; 
        2. on or after September 21, 2022 and before December 7, 2022; and  
        3. on or after December 16, 2022 and before April 11, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    4. Delaware
      1. Kent County on or after March 17, 2022 and before May 26, 2022; and 
      2. New Castle County on or after February 22, 2022 and before June 24, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama.
    5. Idaho
      1. Gooding County on or after September 21, 2022 and before March 23, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    6. Illinois
      1. Wayne County on or after February 24, 2023 and before April 22, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama. *
    7. Indiana
      1. Daviess County on or after December 13, 2022 and before April 18, 2023; 
      2. Dubois County on or after February 8, 2022 and before June 14, 2022; 
      3. Elkhart County on or after April 8, 2022 and before June 18, 2022; and 
      4. Greene County on or after February 23, 2022 and before May 31, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    8. Iowa
      1. Bremer County on or after April 21, 2022 and before August 3, 2022; 
      2. Buena Vista County
        1. on or after March 6, 2022 and before June 23, 2022; and 
        2. on or after December 5, 2022; 
      3. Cherokee County
        1. on or after March 31, 2022 and before July 21, 2022; and  
        2. on or after December 7, 2022 and before March 11, 2023; 
      4. Franklin County on or after March 25, 2022 and before May 25, 2022; 
      5. Guthrie County on or after March 28, 2022 and before June 24, 2022; 
      6. Hamilton County on or after March 28, 2022 and before May 26, 2022; 
      7. Hardin County on or after April 5, 2022 and before July 21, 2022; 
      8. Humboldt County on or after April 2, 2022 and before May 29, 2022; 
      9. Ida County on or after December 12, 2022 and before March 15, 2023; 
      10. Osceola County on or after March 31, 2022 and before June 22, 2022; 
      11. Sac County
        1. on or after April 2, 2022 and before June 20, 2022; and  
        2. on or after December 7, 2022 and before April 7, 2023; 
      12. Taylor County on or after March 10, 2022 and before June 3, 2022; and 
      13. Wright County on or after October 31, 2022 and before January 29, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama.  
    9. Kansas
      1. Anderson County on or after January 4, 2022 and before March 17, 2023; 
      2. McPherson County on or after April 13, 2022 and before August 4, 2022; and 
      3. Mitchell County on or after January 17, 2022 and before March 23, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    10. Kentucky
      1. Fulton County on or after February 12, 2022 and before May 8, 2022; 
      2. Mitchell County on or after January 17, 2023; and 
      3. Webster County on or after February 15, 2022 and before May 14, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    11. Maryland
      1. Cecil County on or after March 4, 2022 and before August 16, 2022; and 
      2. Queen Anne’s County on or after March 8, 2022 and before June 5, 2022; 
      3. Washington County on or after November 29, 2022 and before January 17, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama.  
    12. Michigan
      1. Muskegon County on or after May 10, 2022 and before August 2, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    13. Minnesota
      1. Becker County
        1. on or after April 3, 2022 and before July 21, 2022; and 
        2. on or after September 9, 2022 and before November 28, 2022; 
      2. Big Stone County on or after April 5, 2022 and before June 4, 2022; 
      3. Blue Earth County on or after April 13, 2022 and before June 24, 2022; 
      4. Brown County on or after September 13, 2022 and before November 21, 2022; 
      5. Dakota County on or after May 21, 2022 and before July 12, 2022; 
      6. Dodge County
        1. on or after April 3, 2022 and before June 26, 2022; and  
        2. on or after December 8, 2022 and before February 8, 2023;  
      7. Kandiyohi County on or after March 29, 2022 and before August 26, 2022; 
      8. Lac qui Parle County on or after March 29, 2022 and before June 30, 2022; 
      9. Le Sueur County
        1. on or after April 3, 2022 and before June 25, 2022; and  
        2. on or after October 27, 2022 and before December 30, 2022;  
      10. Lyon County on or after May 3, 2022 and before July 25, 2022;
      11. Meeker County
        1. on or after March 25, 2022 and before July 4, 2022; and  
        2. on or after August 30, 2022 and before November 28, 2022;
      12. Morrison County
        1. on or after March 31, 2022 and before August 8, 2022; and  
        2. on or after September 7, 2022 and before November 27, 2022; 
      13. Otter Tail County
        1. on or after April 8, 2022 and before August 7, 2022; and 
        2. on or after September 14, 2022 and before January 27, 2023;  
      14. Renville County on or after April 8, 2022 and before July 5, 2022; 
      15. Roseau County on or after September 21, 2022 and before February 17, 2023;  
      16. Stearns County
        1. on or after March 26, 2022 and before August 5, 2022; and  
        2. on or after September 13, 2022 and before December 30, 2022;  
      17. Swift County
        1. on or after April 9, 2022 and before August 18, 2022; and 
        2. on or after October 25, 2022 and before January 25, 2023;  
      18. Todd County
        1. on or after April 20, 2022 and before July 16, 2022; and  
        2. on or after November 23, 2022 and before February 6, 2023;  
      19. Wadena County on or after December 12, 2022 and before February 10, 2023;  
      20. Waseca County on or after April 5, 2022 and before July 1, 2022; and 
      21. Yellow Medicine County on or after April 12, 2022 and before July 23, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    14. Mississippi
      1. Lawrence County on or after November 4, 2022 and before January 4, 2023; and 
      2. Leake County on or after February 7, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    15. Missouri
      1. Dade County on or after April 6, 2022 and before June 16, 2022; 
      2. Jasper County on or after March 8, 2022 and before June 29, 2022; 
      3. Lawrence County on or after March 9, 2022 and before July 21, 2022; 
      4. Osage County on or after December 9, 2022 and before February 18, 2023;  
      5. Stoddard County on or after March 4, 2022 and before July 19, 2022; and 
      6. Webster County on or after November 28, 2022 and before February 7, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama.  
    16. Nebraska
      1. Butler County on or after March 22, 2022 and before June 30, 2022; 
      2. Dixon County  
        1. on or after April 12, 2022 and before June 20, 2022; and 
        2. on or after November 25, 2022 and before February 7, 2023;  
      3. Knox County on or after April 27, 2022 and before July 5, 2022; and 
      4. York County on or after October 4, 2022 and before April 4, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    17. New York
      1. Suffolk County on or after March 23, 2022 and before September 23, 2022; and
      2. Tompkins County on or after March 22, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    18. North Carolina
      1. Johnston County on or after March 29, 2022 and before July 24, 2022; and 
      2. Wayne County on or after April 2, 2022 and before August 9, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    19. North Dakota
      1. Dickey County
        1. on or after April 1, 2022 and before May 22, 2023; and *
        2. on or after April 19, 2023; *
      2. Lamoure County on or after April 2, 2022 and before July 2, 2022; 
      3. Ransom County on or after September 27, 2022 and before November 25, 2022; and 
      4. Richland County on or after April 21, 2022 and before August 6, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. *
    20. Ohio
      1. Defiance County on or after September 3, 2022 and before November 26, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    21. Oklahoma
      1. Sequoyah County on or after April 30, 2022 and before June 8, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    22. Pennsylvania
      1. Adams County on or after October 17, 2022 and before December 20, 2022; 
      2. Berks County on or after May 3, 2022 and before August 7, 2022; 
      3. Chester County on or after March 16, 2023; 
      4. Lancaster County
        1. on or after April 15, 2022 and before September 25, 2022; 
        2. on or after February 1, 2023;  
      5. Lehigh County on or after November 3, 2022 and before March 18, 2023; and 
      6. York County on or after September 29, 2022 and before December 16, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    23. South Carolina
      1. Chesterfield County on or after April 8, 2020 and before August 5, 2020 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    24. South Dakota
      1. Beadle County
        1. on or after March 22, 2022 and before June 17, 2022; and  
        2. on or after October 12, 2022 and before January 9, 2023;  
      2. Bon Homme County on or after March 29, 2022 and before May 27, 2022; 
      3. Brule County
        1. on or after March 30, 2022 and before May 29, 2022; and  
        2. on or after October 6, 2022 and before November 4, 2022; 
      4. Charles Mix County
        1. on or after March 5, 2022 and before May 14, 2022; and  
        2. on or after November 30, 2022 and before January 15, 2023; *
      5. Clark County
        1. on or after March 27, 2022 and before June 22, 2022; 
        2. on or after September 20, 2022 and before November 22, 2022; and  
        3. on or after December 5, 2022 and before January 19, 2023;  
      6. Deuel County on or after April 13, 2022 and before May 23, 2022; 
      7. Edmunds County
        1. on or after March 23, 2022 and before August 5, 2022; and  
        2. on or after November 21, 2022 and before December 23, 2022; 
      8. Faulk County
        1. on or after April 5, 2022 and before May 29, 2022; and  
        2. on or after November 23, 2022 and before January 6, 2023; 
      9. Gregory County on or after October 11, 2022 and before April 4, 2023; 
      10. Hamlin County on or after November 30, 2022 and before January 20, 2023;  
      11. Hanson County
        1. on or after March 18, 2022 and before June 4, 2022; and  
        2. on or after November 29, 2022 and before February 28, 2023; 
      12. Hutchinson County on or after March 20, 2022 and before May 31, 2022; 
      13. Jerauld County on or after March 24, 2022 and before May 3, 2022; 
      14. Kingsbury County on or after March 18, 2022 and before May 17, 2022; 
      15. Lake County
        1. on or after April 2, 2022 and before June 4, 2022; and  
        2. on or after December 1, 2022 and before February 4, 2023;  
      16. McPherson County
        1. on or after March 27, 2022 and before July 13, 2022; and  
        2. on or after September 24, 2022 and before November 11, 2022; 
      17. Moody County on or after December 14, 2022 and before February 9, 2023;  
      18. Roberts County on or after October 19, 2022 and before December 26, 2022; 
      19. Spink County
        1. on or after March 29, 2022 and before June 11, 222; 
        2. on or after November 25, 2022 and before January 31, 2023; and  
        3. on or after March 22, 2023; and *
      20. Yankton County on or April 9, 2022 and before May 26, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    25. Tennessee
      1. Bledsoe County on or after November 15, 2022 and before  January 19, 2023; and 
      2. Weakley County on or after December 28, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama.  
    26. Texas
      1. Erath County on or after April 2, 2022 and before May 19, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    27. Utah
      1. Cache County on or after April 25, 2022 and before July 13, 2022; and 
      2. Sanpete County on or after July 14, 2022 and before January 20, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama.  
    28. Virginia
      1. Rockingham County on or after January 19, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama.  
    29. Washington
      1. Franklin County on or after December 14, 2022 and before March 7, 2023 are ineligible for export to Panama. 
    30. Wisconsin
      1. Barron County on or after April 12, 2022 and before August 3, 2022; 
      2. Dunn County on or after September 29, 2022 and before December 2, 2022; 
      3. Jefferson County
        1. on or after March 14, 2022 and before June 22, 2022; and  
        2. on or after November 7, 2022 and before April 19, 2023; *
      4. Polk County on or after April 15, 2022 and before July 4, 2022; and  
      5. Racine County on or after September 28, 2022 and before December 30, 2022 are ineligible for export to Panama. 

 

Documentation Requirements

Note: Signatures on all required forms and supplementary statements must be by an FSIS veterinarian (name, degree [DVM or equivalent] must be typed or printed after the signature).

  1. Certification Requirements
    1. FSIS Form 9060-6: Application for Export Certificate must be completed in PHIS. When the export consignment is certified by the FSIS certifying official PHIS will generate FSIS Form 9060-5: Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness. 
  2. Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products that are fresh/frozen and fully cooked (Thermally Processed/Commercially Sterile)
    1. All export consignments of fresh/frozen and fully cooked poultry meat and poultry meat products must be accompanied by FSIS Form 9060-5: Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness. In addition, the following statements should be typed in the "Remarks" block 17 of FSIS Form 9060-5: 
    1. For fresh/frozen poultry meat products:
      "The county(ies) are free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, as defined by the       World Organization of Animal health (WOAH), in commercial poultry flocks where the poultry or poultry products originate." 
    2. For fully cooked thermally processed/commercially sterile poultry meat products: 
          1. The poultry meat products have been heat treated in a hermetically sealed container, with an FO value of 3 or higher. 
            or
          1. The meat products from poultry have been processed to ensure the inactivation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza viruses in accordance with World Organization of Animal health (WOAH),  Click on Learn More then on Terrestrial Code (currently 10.4.24). 

            Procedure for the inactivation of high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses in meat product from poultry;

            The following time/temperature combinations are suitable  for the inactivation of high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses in meat products. 

    5. Core temperature (°C)

      Time

      Meat products from poultry

      60.0

      507 seconds

      65.0

      42 seconds

      70.0

      3.5 seconds

      73.9

      0.51 seconds
      These time/temperature combinations are indicative of a range that achieves a 7-log10 reduction of avian influenza virus infectivity. When supported by scientific evidence, variations of these time/temperature combinations may be used if they achieve equivalent inactivation of the virus. 

C. Protein-free beef tallow:

    1. The following statement must be selected by the export applicant in PHIS and included on FSIS Form 9060-5B; Meat, Poultry and Egg Products Export Certificate of Wholesomeness Continuation Sheet. 

      "The maximum content of insoluble impurities of the tallow does not exceed 0.15 percent of its weight."

      Notes for the Exporter:
      1. For beef cuts, exporters must include the USDA grade designation in the “description of product” field of the FSIS form 9060-5 to be eligible for preferential tariff duties under the US-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA).
      2. Exporters should work closely with importers to ensure that necessary pre-customs declaration documents are secured within the appropriate timeframe.

 

All federally inspected establishments are eligible to export to Panama.

Last Updated: May 01, 2023