Live poultry (HS Code: 0105), and poultry products including poultry meat (HS Code: 0207), day-old chicks (HS Code: 0105.11), hatching eggs, except heat treated meat

United Arab Emirates is imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from Netherlands, and imposition of a temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs from Flevoland, province in Netherlands.

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 28 November 2016 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Flevoland, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates is applying a precautionary sanitary measure to prevent the risk of introducing HPAI virus through the imports of live birds and their products from Netherlands. These measures include:

1.  Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products, day-old chicks and hatching eggs originating from Netherlands;

2.  Temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products from Flevoland, province in Netherlands, except heat-treated products;

3.  Consignments of poultry meat shipped from Flevoland, Netherlands before 4 November 2016 were permitted.