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Required Report - public distribution
Date: 10/7/2005
GAIN Report Number: VE5018
VE5018
Venezuela
Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards
Export Certificate
2005
Approved by:
Bonnie Borris
U.S.Embassy Venezuela
Prepared by:
Mora Paiva
Report Highlights:
Export Certificate requirements for exporting agricultural and food
products to Venezuela.
Includes PSD Changes: No
Includes Trade Matrix: No
Annual Report
Caracas [VE1]
[VE]
Table of Contents
General Requirements 3
SECTION I. List of All Export Certificates Required by Venezuela 3
List of Products (by HS code) that require a Sanitary Certificate from
country of origin 3
List of Products (by HS code) that need to be registered through MSDS
7
List of Products (by HS code) that require an Import Permit issued by
MAT 8
List of Products (by HS code) that require an Import License by MINAL
10
SECTION II. Purpose of Specific Export Certificates 10
1. Animal Products and Unprocessed Plant Products 10
2. Processed Animal Products 11
3. Processed Food Products 12
4. Wood Packing Material 13
SECTION III. Specific Attestation Required on the Export Certificate
13
SECTION IV. Government Certificate’s legal entry requirements 13
SECTION V. Other certification / accreditation requirements 14
APPENDIX I. 15
General Requirements
====================
According to the Venezuelan harmonized tariff schedule, imports of
food and agricultural products are subject to a list of requirements
given by its “tariff regime” (in Spanish: regimen legal). The
requirements include: sanitary certificates, import permits, import
licenses and product registration.
The Government of Venezuela (GOV) is responsible, through its
different ministries, for issuing import permits, import licenses and
product registration. The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (MAT)
issues import permits; the Ministry of Food (MINAL) issues import
licenses and all domestic; and imported processed food products must
be registered through the Ministry of Health and Social Development
(MSDS). Foods not registered in the country of origin cannot be
registered in Venezuela.
The GOV requires a “sanitary certificate” from the country of origin.
Specific sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) statements (treatment and
other conditions) are required for each type of product and are
determined by the authorities on a case-by-case basis.
SECTION I. List of All Export Certificates Required by Venezuela
================================================================
The following is a general list of agricultural and food products that
are subject to:
Sanitary Certificate from the Country of Origin
Registration through MSDS
Sanitary Import Permit issued by SASA
Import License issued by MINAL
List of Products (by HS code) that require a Sanitary Certificate from
country of origin
01011010
01011020
01019011
01049019
01019090
01021000
01029010
01029090
01031000
01039100
01039200
01041010
01041090
01042010
01042090
01051100
01051200
01051900
01059200
01059300
01059900
01061100
01061200
01061910
01061990
01062000
01063100
01063200
01063900
01069000
02011000
02012000
02013000
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02022000
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02062100
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02071200
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04022199
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04022919
04022991
04022999
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04029990
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04039000
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04041090
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04051000
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04062000
04063000
04064000
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05040030
05051000
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05061000
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05111000
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05119930
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06022000
06023000
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06031019
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07032090
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07041000
07042000
07049000
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07051900
07052100
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07123100
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07123900
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07129020
07129090
07131010
07131090
07132010
07132090
07133110
07133190
07133210
07133290
07133311
07133319
07133391
07133392
07133399
07133910
07133991
07133992
07133999
07134010
07134090
07135010
07135090
07139010
07139090
07141000
07142010
07142090
07149010
08011110
08011190
08011900
08012100
08012200
08013100
08013200
08021100
08021210
08021290
08022100
08022200
08023100
08023200
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08025000
08029000
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08030012
08030019
08030020
08041000
08042000
08043000
08044000
08045010
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08051000
08052010
08054000
08055010
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08055022
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08061000
08062000
08071100
08071900
08072000
08081000
08082010
08082020
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08092000
08093000
08094000
08101000
08102000
08103000
08104000
08105000
08106000
08109010
08109020
08109030
08109040
08109050
08109090
08111010
08111090
08112000
08119010
08119090
08121000
08129020
08129090
08132000
08133000
08134000
08135000
08140010
08140090
09011110
09011190
09012110
09011200
09012120
09012200
09019000
09021000
09021000
09022000
09023000
09024000
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09041100
09041200
09042000
09050000
09061000
09062000
09070000
09081000
09082000
09083000
09091000
09092010
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09094000
09095000
09101000
09102000
09103000
09104000
09105000
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10011090
10019010
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10019030
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10020090
10030010
10030090
10040010
10040090
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10059012
10059020
10059090
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10061090
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10089099
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11042990
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11052000
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11063090
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11081200
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11082000
11090000
12010010
12010090
12021010
12021090
12022000
12030000
12040010
12040090
12051010
12051090
15059010
12059090
12060010
12060090
12071010
12071090
12072010
12072090
12073010
12073090
12074010
12074090
12075010
12075090
12076010
12076090
12079100
12079910
1207999010
1207999090
12081000
12089000
12091000
12092100
12092200
12092300
12092400
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12092600
12092900
12093000
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12099120
12099130
12099140
12099150
12099190
12099910
12099920
12099930
12099990
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12102000
12111000
1211200010
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1211909010
1211909099
12121000
12122000
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12129910
12129990
12130000
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12149000
13021110
13021190
1302191090
1302199099
14011000
14012000
14019000
14020000
14030000
14041011
14041019
14041030
14041090
14042000
14049000
15010010
15010030
15020011
15020019
15020090
1504101090
15041021
1504102990
15042010
15042090
15043000
15060010
15060090
15071000
15079000
15081000
15089000
15091000
15099000
15100000
15111000
15119000
1512110010
1512110090
1512190010
1512190090
15122100
15122900
15131100
15131900
15132110
15132120
15132910
15132920
15141100
15141900
15149100
15149900
15151100
15151900
15152100
15152900
15153000
15154000
15155000
15159000
15161000
15162000
15171000
15179000
15180090
15220000
16010000
16021000
16022000
16023110
16023190
16023210
16023290
16023910
16023990
16024100
16024200
16024900
16025000
16029000
16030000
16041100
16041200
16041310
16041320
16041330
16041390
16041410
16041420
16041500
16041600
16041900
16042000
16043000
16051000
16052000
16053000
16054000
16059010
16059090
17011110
1701119010
1701119090
17011200
17019100
17019910
17019990
17021920
17022000
17023020
17023090
17024010
17024020
17026000
17029010
17029020
17029030
17029040
17031000
17039000
17041010
17041090
17049010
17049090
18010011
18010019
18010020
18020000
18031000
18032000
18040000
18050000
18061000
18062000
18063100
18063200
18069000
19011010
19011090
19012000
19019010
19019090
19021100
19021900
19022000
19023000
19024000
19030000
19041000
19042000
19043000
19049000
19051000
19052000
19053100
19053200
19054000
19059010
19059090
20011000
20019010
20019090
20021000
20029000
20031000
20032000
20039000
20041000
20049000
20051000
20052000
20054000
20055100
20055900
20056000
20057000
20058000
20059010
20059090
20060000
20071000
20079110
20079120
20079911
20079912
20079991
20079992
20081110
20081190
20081910
20081920
20081990
20082010
20082090
20083000
20084000
20085000
20086010
20086090
20087020
20087090
20088000
20089100
20089200
20089920
20089930
20089990
20091100
20091200
20091900
20092100
20092900
20093100
20093900
20094100
20094900
20095000
20096100
20096900
20097100
20097900
20098011
20098012
20098013
20098014
20098019
20098020
20099000
21011100
21011200
21012000
21013000
21021010
21021090
21022000
21023000
21031000
21032000
21033010
21033020
21039010
21039020
21039090
21041010
21041020
21042000
21050010
21050090
21061010
21061020
21069010
21069021
21069029
21069030
21069040
21069050
21069060
22011000
22019000
22021000
22029000
22030000
22041000
22042100
22042910
22042990
22043000
22051000
22059000
22060000
22071000
22072000
22082021
22082022
22082029
22082030
22083000
22084000
22085000
22086000
22087010
22087020
22087090
22089010
22089020
22089042
22089049
22089090
22090000
23011010
23011090
23012010
23012090
23021000
23022000
23023000
23024000
23025000
23031000
23032000
23033000
23040000
23050000
23061000
23062000
23063000
23064100
23064900
23065000
23066000
23067000
23069000
23070000
23080010
23080090
23091010
23091090
23099010
23099020
23099030
23099090
List of Products (by HS code) that need to be registered through MSDS
04011000
04012000
04013000
04029110
04029190
04029990
04031000
04039000
04041010
04041090
04049000
04051000
04052000
04059020
04059090
04061000
04062000
04063000
04064000
04069040
04069050
04069060
04069090
04081100
04081900
04089100
04089900
04090000
04100000
09011200
09012120
09023000
09024000
09050000
09062000
1211200091
1211905091
1211909091
1302191010
1302199091
1504101010
1504102910
15079000
15089000
15091000
15099000
15119000
1512190010
15131900
15152900
15155000
15171000
15179000
16010000
16021000
16022000
16023110
16023190
16023210
16023290
16023910
16023990
16024100
16024200
16024900
16025000
16029000
16030000
16041100
16041200
16041310
16041320
16041330
16041390
16041410
16041420
16041500
16041600
16041900
16042000
16043000
16051000
16052000
16053000
16054000
16059010
16059090
17041010
17041090
17049010
17049090
18062000
19011010
19011090
19012000
19019010
19019090
19021100
19021900
19022000
19023000
19024000
19030000
19041000
19042000
19043000
19049000
19051000
19052000
19053100
19053200
19054000
19059010
19059090
20011000
20019010
20019090
20021000
20029000
20031000
20032000
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20041000
20049000
20051000
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20054000
20055100
20055900
20056000
20057000
20058000
20059010
20059090
20060000
20071000
20079110
20079120
20079911
20079912
20079991
20079992
20081110
20081190
20081910
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20081990
20082010
20082090
20083000
20084000
20085000
20086010
20086090
20087020
20087090
20088000
20089100
20089200
20089920
20089930
20089990
20091100
20091200
20091900
20092100
20092900
20093100
20093900
20094100
20094900
20095000
20096100
20096900
20097100
20097900
20098011
20098012
20098013
20098014
20098019
20098020
20099000
21011100
21011200
21012000
21013000
21021010
21021090
21022000
21023000
21031000
21032000
21033010
21033020
21039010
21039020
21039090
21041010
21041020
21042000
21050010
21050090
21061010
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21069010
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21069029
21069030
21069040
21069050
21069060
2106907110
2106907210
2106907310
2106907410
2106907910
2106909010
22011000
22019000
22021000
22029000
22030000
22041000
22042100
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22042990
22043000
22051000
22059000
22060000
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22082022
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22082030
22083000
22084000
22085000
22086000
22087010
22087020
22087090
22089010
22089020
22089042
22089049
22089090
22090000
List of Products (by HS code) that require an Import Permit issued by
MAT
01011010
01011020
01019011
01049019
01019090
01021000
01029010
01029090
01031000
01039100
01039200
01041010
01041090
01042010
01042090
01051100
01051200
01051900
01059200
01059300
01059900
01061100
01061200
01061910
01061990
01062000
01063100
01063200
01063900
01069000
02011000
02012000
02013000
02021000
02022000
02023000
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02031200
02031900
02032100
02032200
02032900
02041000
02042100
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02042300
02043000
02044100
02044200
02044300
02045000
02050000
02061000
02062100
02062200
02062900
02063000
02064100
02064900
02068000
02069000
02071100
02071200
02071300
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02042500
02042600
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02073200
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02073400
02073500
02073600
02081000
02082000
02083000
02084000
02085000
02089000
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02090090
02101100
02101200
02101900
02102000
02109100
02109200
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02109910
02109990
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04070020
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05029000
05030000
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05040020
05040030
05051000
05059000
05061000
05069000
05111000
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05119120
05119190
05119910
05119930
05119990
06011000
06012000
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06022000
06023000
06024000
06029000
06031011
06031019
06031020
06031040
06031050
06031090
06039000
06041000
06049100
06049900
07011000
07019000
07020000
07031000
07032010
07032090
07039000
07041000
07042000
07049000
07051100
07051900
07052100
07052900
07061000
07069000
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07081000
07082000
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07091000
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07093000
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07095900
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07099020
07099090
07101000
07102100
07102200
07102900
07103000
07104000
07108010
07108090
07109000
07131010
07131090
07132010
07132090
07133110
07133190
07133210
07133290
07133311
07133319
07133391
07133392
07133399
07133910
07133991
07133992
07133999
07134010
07134090
07135010
07135090
07139010
07139090
07141000
07142010
07142090
07149010
08011110
08011190
08011900
08012100
08012200
08013100
08013200
08030011
08030012
08030019
08030020
08041000
08042000
08043000
08044000
08045010
08045020
08051000
08052010
08054000
08055010
08055021
08055022
08059000
08061000
08062000
08071100
08071900
08072000
08081000
08082010
08082020
08091000
08092000
08093000
08094000
08101000
08102000
08103000
08104000
08105000
08106000
08109010
08109020
08109030
08109040
08109050
08109090
08111010
08111090
08112000
08119010
08119090
09011110
09011190
09012110
09011200
09012120
09012200
09019000
09021000
09021000
09022000
09023000
09024000
09030000
09041100
09041200
09042000
09050000
09061000
09062000
09070000
09081000
09082000
09083000
09091000
09092010
09092090
09093000
09094000
09095000
09101000
09102000
09103000
09104000
09105000
09109100
09109900
10011010
10011090
10019010
10019020
10019030
10020010
10020090
10030010
10030090
10040010
10040090
10051000
10059011
10059012
10059020
10059090
10061010
10061090
10062000
10063000
10064000
10070010
10070090
10081010
10081090
10082010
10082090
10083010
10083090
10089011
10089019
10089091
10089099
11021000
11022000
11023000
11041200
11041900
11042200
11042300
11042910
11042990
11043000
12010010
12010090
12021010
12021090
12022000
12030000
12040010
12040090
12051010
12051090
15059010
12059090
12060010
12060090
12071010
12071090
12072010
12072090
12073010
12073090
12074010
12074090
12075010
12075090
12076010
12076090
12079100
12079910
1207999010
1207999090
12091000
12092100
12092200
12092300
12092400
12092500
12092600
12092900
12093000
12099110
12099120
12099130
12099140
12099150
12099190
12099910
12099920
12099930
12099990
12101000
12102000
12111000
1211200010
12113000
12119030
1211905010
1211909010
12121000
12122000
12123000
12129100
12129910
12129990
12130000
14011000
14012000
14019000
14020000
14030000
14041011
14041019
14041030
14041090
14042000
14049000
15010010
15010030
15020011
15020019
15020090
15161000
16010000
16021000
16022000
16023110
16023190
16023210
16023290
16023910
16023990
16024100
16024200
16024900
16025000
16029000
16030000
18010011
18010019
18010020
18020000
23011010
23011090
23091010
23091090
23099010
23099020
23099030
23099090
List of Products (by HS code) that require an Import License by MINAL
04021090
04011000
04012000
04013000
04021010
04061000
04022111
04022119
04022191
04022199
04069050
04062000
04063000
04064000
04069040
12010010
04069060
04069090
10059011
10070090
12074090
12010090
12071010
12071090
12072090
15111000
1207999090
15071000
15079000
15100000
1512190090
15119000
1512110010
1512110090
1512190010
15132110
15122100
15122900
15131100
15131900
15152900
15132120
15132910
15132920
15152100
1701119010
15155000
15180010
15180090
17011110
17019990
1701119090
17011200
17019100
17019910
23040000
SECTION II. Purpose of Specific Export Certificates
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1.
Animal Products and Unprocessed Plant Products
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Through the Agricultural Health Service (in Spanish: Servicio Autnomo
de Sanidad Agropecuaria or SASA), the Ministry of Agriculture and Land
(MAT) is responsible for quality control and inspection in respect to
everything related to the manufacture, processing, importation,
exportation, storage, distribution and marketing of food, biological
products, medications and animal feed, as well as for the laboratories
that control the quality of these products. SASA is equivalent to
APHIS.
This agency is in charge of issuing phytosanitary or sanitary health
import permits for imported products and sub products of plant or
animal origin, and animals and plant breeding material. The guidelines
provided by SASA are the following:
*
Prior to importing animal products and/or unprocessed plant
products, importers should request and obtain a sanitary health
(SPS) import permit from SASA.
*
Specific SPS statements (treatment and other conditions) for each
type of product are determined by SASA on a case-by-case basis.
*
Specific SPS statements are written on the import permit issued by
SASA.
*
The “remarks” section of the export certificate on a FSIS or APHIS
letterhead certificate should include the specific SPS statements,
and should be written both in English and Spanish.
*
An APHIS veterinarian or equivalent FSIS official must sign the
export certificate.
*
No product should be loaded in a vessel before the import permit
is received and the sanitary statements required in it are written
on the USDA export certificate.
*
SASA’s import permits have a non-renewable period of validity of
between 60 and 90 days, depending on the product:
*
Sanitary health import permits are issued for animal products
and livestock-farming inputs (validy of 60 days).
*
Phytosanitary import permits are issued for plant products
(validity of 90 days).
*
Import permits are only useful for one shipment.
*
Every shipment must be accompanied of an import permit and its
corresponding APHIS or FSIS export certificate.
Import Licenses. Import licenses are valid for four months, and can
only be renewed if, on expiry, they have not been used for reasons
outside the importer’s control. When applying for a license,
established importers are supposed to submit a monthly list of imports
actually realized, indicating volume and value, together with the
invoice on the most recent import, also indicating the volume and
value of the merchandise in question. The importer must indicate the
amount of the allocated quota that remains unused, which in some cases
is reincorporated into the quota to be reassigned. The following is
the list of products that are subject to import licenses:
Yellow corn
Sorghum
Soya beans
Palm nuts and kernels
Soya bean oil
Other oils
Palm oil
Sunflowerseed oil
Coconut oil
Other vegetable fats and oils
Soya bean cake
Animal and vegetable fats
Degras, yellow grease
Milk and cream, not concentrated
Milk in powder, not exceeding 1.5% fat
Whole milk 26%
Cheese
2.
Processed Animal Products
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An FSIS certificate must accompany each shipment of meat and poultry
and/or products. Venezuela accepts imports from all FSIS approved
plants. Below are the certificate requirements of the Venezuelan
Government and currently included in the FSIS export certificate
library. As noted above for unprocessed plant products, importers are
required to have an import permit before importing meat and poultry
products. All Federally inspected meat and poultry plants are eligible
to export to Venezuela.
Eligible/Ineligible Products
A.
Eligible
1.
Pork is eligible to export to Venezuela. (Most recent revision
on 03/30/2004)
2.
Cooked poultry products.
3.
Natural pork casings. (Most recent revision on 03/30/2004)
B.
Ineligible
1.
Ruminant meat and ruminant meat products. (Most recent
revision on 03/30/2004)
Documentation Requirements
A.
Beef, mutton and lamb
1.
Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 Export Certificate of Wholesomeness
B.
Pork and Pork Products
1.
Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 Export Certificate of Wholesomeness
2.
The following statements must be included in the "Remarks"
section of FSIS Form 9060-5:
a.
The meat was derived from animals that were born and raised in
the United States or Canada;
b.
The meat was received from slaughter and processing of
clinically healthy swine, which originated from premises and
localities free from infectious animal diseases, including
swine vesicular disease and African swine fever; and
c.
The meat comes from establishments or pork herds submitted
under official control, in which in the last 24 months,
trichinosis cases have not been detected or the product was
submitted to freezing according to USDA 9 CFR 318.10 (c)(2),
which guarantees the destruction of the parasite.
Note (for information-this is not a required statement): The term
"infectious animal diseases" means that, at the time of slaughter, the
animals were not under official quarantine or any other State or
Federal restriction due to disease and passed ante mortem and
postmortem inspection.
3.
In addition to the above statements which are required for pork
meat, exporters or their agents must provide the following
certification on company letterhead:
a.
The meat is shipped in refrigerated containers that guarantee
its temperature; and
b.
The containers were washed and disinfected using products
approved by the exporting country.
Note: This certificate is not signed by FSIS personnel. However, it
must include the MP number from the FSIS 9060-5 for identification
with a particular shipment.
C.
Cooked poultry products - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5 Export
Certificate of Wholesomeness. The following statements must be
included in the "Remarks" section of FSIS Form 9060-5:
"Cooked poultry product was cooked, reaching an internal
temperature of not less than 68° C (155° F)."
D.
Animal Casings - Obtain FSIS form 9060-18, Animal Casings Export
Certificate for Countries Requiring Ante-Mortem, Post-Mortem, and
Sound and Clean Statements
E.
The importer must obtain a health import permit from the Ministry
of Agriculture and Lands’ Animal Health and Industry
Administration.
3.
Processed Food Products
-----------------------
All domestic and imported processed food products must be registered
with the Government of Venezuela, through its Ministry of Health and
Social Development (MSDS). Foods not registered in the country of
origin cannot be registered in Venezuela. With the exception of
special cases, such as Government or military sales as determined by
the MSDS, all new-to-market foreign food products must be submitted
for registration before being imported.
The MSDS through its Food Hygiene Division supervises food safety,
much as FDA does in the United States. The registration of the
processed food product is valid for five years. After five years, an
application may be made to MSDS without cost for renewal of the
registration.
No specific certificate from the exporting country is required at the
time of entering Venezuelan ports, if the product has been already
registered with MSDS.
Free Sale certificates. The Venezuelan Harmonized Tariff Schedule does
not mention “Free Sale Certificates.” Venezuelan custom (SENIAT)
authorities do not accept this document because it is not included in
Venezuelan legislation.
This has caused problems to exporters of U.S. processed food as the
free sale certificate consists of a statement that the products are
freely sold in the United States, and it is not customarily issued by
the local, state or federal agencies.
But, SASA has a long history of accepting “Free Sale Certificates”
from third countries, based on common sense and its scientific
knowledge. Free sale certificates issued by state departments are not
accepted, as SASA deals only with its equivalent authority, which in
this case is APHIS.
4.
Wood Packing Material
---------------------
All wood packaging materials arriving into Venezuela must to carry the
agreed international seals certifying that the wood has been treated
as recommended by the international conventions after August 01, 2005.
The set of regulations is to comply with the “Guidelines for
Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade” under the
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).
SECTION III. Specific Attestation Required on the Export Certificate
====================================================================
Specific sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) statements (treatment and
other conditions) are required for each type of product and are
determined by SASA’s authorities on a case-by-case basis.
SECTION IV. Government Certificate’s legal entry requirements
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*
Original Sanitary Certificates from the country of origin need to
accompany the product at the time of entry.
*
Sanitary Certificates from the country of origin are only accepted
for one shipment and one specified port of entry.
*
The GOV does not accept “Suppliers or Manufacturers Export
Declaration” as proof of compliance.
*
For processed food products no specific certificate from the
exporting country is required at the time of entering Venezuelan
ports, if the product has been already registered with MSDS.
*
The GOV does not accept U.S. State issued sanitary export
certificates.
SECTION V. Other certification / accreditation requirements
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The Government of Venezuelan (GOV) provides information about import
requirements through its harmonized tariff schedule (in Spanish:
Arancel de Aduanas). Recently, the GOV published a new harmonized
tariff schedule, with an effective date of implementation as of August
01, 2005.
The most significant changes to Venezuela’s tariff schedule refer to
the codification (numbering or listing) of import requirements that
already existed. The import requirements are the following (“Regimen
Legal”):
Legal Regime
Description
1
Prohibited Import
2
Imports reserved to the Government
3
Permit from the Ministry of Health and Social Development
4
Permit from the Ministry of Light Industries and Commerce
5
Sanitary Certificate from the Country of Origin
6
Sanitary Permit from the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
7
Permit from the Ministry of Defense
8
Import License administered through the Ministry of Food
9
Import License administered through the Ministry of Light Industries
and Commerce
10
Permit from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
11
Permit from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum
12
Sanitary Registry issued by the Ministry of Health and Social
Development
13
Sanitary Registry issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
14
Permit from the Ministry of Food
15
Permit from the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining
APPENDIX I.
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Services and Agencies Under the Ministry of Health and Social
Development
(Ministerio de La Salud y Desarrollo Social –MSDS)
División Higiene de Alimentos (equivalent to the FDA)
Edificio Sur, Piso 3, Ofic. 313
Centro Simón Bolívar, Caracas
Tel: (58-212) 483-1533/484-3066
Fax: (58-212) 483-1533
http://www.msds.gov.ve
Director: Dr. Ramón Ernesto Perdomo
Services and Agencies Under the Ministry of Agriculture and Land (MAT)
Ministerio de Agricultura y Tierras (equivalent to the Department of
Agriculture)
Av. Este 6 entre Esquina Colón y Dr. Díaz,
Antigua Sede del BTV. Piso 2, (Frente Cartografía Simón Bolívar)
Caracas, Venezuela
Tel: (58-212) 509-0445/0121/0111
Fax: (58-212) 574-2432
http://www.mat.gov.ve
Servicio Autónomo de Sanidad Agropecuaria SASA
(equivalent to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)
Av. Este 6 entre Esquina Colón y Dr. Díaz, Antigua Sede del BTV, PB,
(Frente a Cartografía Simón Bolívar) Caracas, Venezuela
Tel: (58-212) 509-0595/ 509-0186
Fax: (58-212) 571-4117
email: [email protected]
http://www.SASA.gov.ve
USDA/ FAS CARACAS OFFICE CONTACT INFORMATION
Office of the Agricultural Counselor
American Embassy
Calle F c/c Suapure
Colinas de Valle Arriba
Caracas, 1070, Venezuela
tel. (58-212) 907-8333
fax. (58-212) 907-8542
webpage: www.embajadausa.org.ve/usda.htm
email: [email protected]
Agricultural Counselor:
Bonnie Borris
U.S. Mailing Address
American Embassy, Unit 4940
APO AA 34037
UNCLASSIFIED USDA Foreign Agricultural Service