List of animal breeds which have to be imported in Vietnam

List of animal breeds which have to be imported in Vietnam

Issued together with Circular 14/2023/TT-BNNPTNT is list of animal breeds (including livestock breeds prescribed in the Law on animal husbandry and aquatic breeds prescribed in the Law on fishery) which have to be imported according to clause 12 article 16 of the Law on export and import duties 2016, Article 18 and Clause 4 of Article 40 of Decree 134/2016/ND-CP including:

* Livestock breeds:

1. Fighting cocks (of foreign species) (Gallus gallus domesticus), except fighting cocks of the species prescribed in the Circular No. 01/2023/TT-BKHDT dated April 14, 2023 of the Minister of Planning and Investment of Vietnam promulgating List of domestically manufactured machinery, equipment, spare parts, specialized vehicles, materials, supplies and semi-finished products:

- Weighing more than 185g but not more than 2kg

- Weighing more than 2kg

2. Domestic pigeon of foreign species

(Columba livia domestica)

* Fish:

- Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

- European eel (Anguilla anguilla); giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata); Indonesian shortfin eel (Anguilla bicolor); Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica); Borneo eel (Anguilla borneensis)

- Beluga (Huso huso)

- Leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus)

- Brown marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)

- Humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis)

- Areolate grouper (Epinephelus areolatus); duskytail grouper (Epinephehis bleekeri); giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus); Spotted Coral Grouper (Plectropomus maculatus)

- Other groupers: Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus); Hong Kong grouper (Epinephelus akaara); honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra); banded grouper (Epinephelus amblycephalus); brownspotted grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma); Sixbar Grouper (Epinephelus sexfasciatus); blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus); longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)

- Rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata); black-banded trevally (Seriolina nigrofasciata); greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili); pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)

* Crustaceans:

- Tropical rock lobster (Panulirus ornatus); scalloped spiny lobster (Panulirus homarus); longlegged spiny lobster (Panulirus longipes); Chinese spiny lobster (Panulirus stimpsoni); pronghorn spiny lobster (Panulirus penicillatus); mud spiny lobster (Panulirus polyphagus); painted spiny lobster (Panulirus versicolor)

* Seaweeds, algae:

- Gracilaria firma; Betaphycus gelatinus; Sargassum crassifolium; Sargassum mcclurei; Sargassum polycystum; Sargassum duplicatum; Sargassum mcclurei f. duplicatum; Sargassum quinhonese; Sargassum swartzii; Caulerpa lentillifera; Eucheuma denticulatum; Spirulina platensis; Chaetoceros calcitrans; Chaetoceros gracilis; Chaetoceros muelleri; Chlorella vulgaris; Chroomonas salina; Coscinodiscus excentricus; Coscinodiscus rothii; Cyclotella comta; Cyclotella striata; Cyclotella stylorum; Diacronema lutheri; Dunaliella salina; Dunaliella tertiolecta; Haematococcus pluvialis; Isochrysis galbana; Melosira granulata; Nannochloropsis oculata; Navicula cancellata; Navicula cari f. cari; Nitzschia longissima; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Rhodomonas salina; Schizochytrium limacinum; Schizochytrium mangrovei; Skeletonema costatum; Tetraselmis chuii; Tetraselmis convolutae; Thalassionema frauenfeldii; Thalassionema nitzschioides; Thalassiosira pseudonana; Thalassiosira weissflogii; Thalassiothrix frauenfeldii; Thraustochytrium aureum; Thraustochytrium striatum; species of the genus Labyrinthula.

Circular 14/2023/TT-BNNPTNT takes effect on February 2, 2024.

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