The list of designated regions for birds

The regions that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan has designated as regions where highly pathogenic avian influenza or low pathogenic avian influenza has not been confirmed

*1 Import procedure has been suspended by outbreak of avian influenza
*2 Import procedure from Uzbekistan has been suspended since July 15, 2014.

The list of designated regions for birds

Asia
Singapore, Thailand, Philippines*1, Brunei, Malaysia

Oceania
Australia*1, Northern Mariana Islands, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand*1, Vanuatu, Palau, Hawaii*1, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Fiji

North America
United States*1, Canada*1

Central and South America
Argentina*1, Uruguay,  El Salvador, Guyana, Cuba, Guatemala, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica*1, Colombia, Jamaica, Suriname, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Vincent, Chile, Trinidad and Tobago, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru*1, Bolivia, Honduras, Martinique

Europe
Iceland, Ireland, Andorra, Ukraine*1, Republic of Uzbekistan*2, United Kingdom (excluding the oblast of East Riding of Yorkshire, Cornwall)*1, Estonia, Austria*1, Cyprus, Kyrgyz Republic, Georgia, Switzerland*1, Spain, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Denmark*1, Turkmenistan, Norway, Hungary*1, Finland,  France (excluding the prefecture of Haute-Corse, Lot et Garonnne, Ardennes)*1, Bulgaria  (excluding the prefecture of  Gabrovo, Dobrich, Haskovo, Plovdiv)*1, Belarus, Belgium*1, Poland (excluding the prefecture of  Wielkopolskie)*1, Portugal*1, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania*1, Liechtenstein, Russia (limited to the oblast of Tula, Bryansk)

Middle East
United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Türkiye*1, Bahrain

Africa
Algeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Republic of Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Zambia, Eswatini, Somalia, Tanzania, Chad, Tunisia, Namibia, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Lesotho

Status of import suspension measures of birds

Area, Country Date of suspension
Asia
Philippines since 2022/2/28
Oceania
Australia since 2024/5/27
New Zealand since 2024/12/2
Hawaii since 2024/11/18
North America
United States
・Arkansas since 2024/12/11
・Iowa since 2024/12/9
・Idaho since 2022/4/21
・Alaska since 2024/11/22
・Arizona since 2024/11/18
・Indiana since 2025/1/7
・Illinois since 2024/11/22
・Wisconsin since 2024/12/13
・Oklahoma since 2024/11/25
・Ohio since 2024/12/26
・Oregon since 2024/11/14
・California since 2024/11/5
・Kansas since 2022/3/16
・Connecticut since 2025/1/17
・Colorado since 2024/8/15
・South Dakota since 2024/11/22
・Texas since 2025/1/15
・Tennessee since 2024/12/2
・Delaware since 2025/1/6
・New Jersey since 2025/2/26
・New Mexico since 2025/4/4
・New York since 2024/12/11
・Nevada since 2022/7/14
・Nebraska since 2024/12/11
・North Carolina since 2025/1/9
・North Dakota since 2024/11/27
・Virginia since 2025/1/23
・Vermont since 2024/12/27
・Florida since 2022/7/27
・Pennsylvania since 2024/11/6
・Massachusetts since 2025/1/28
・Michigan since 2024/12/26
・Mississippi since 2025/3/19
・Missouri since 2024/12/12
・Minnesota since 2021/12/1
・Maine since 2025/2/25
・Maryland since 2025/1/16
・Montana  since 2024/11/18
・Utah since 2024/10/28
・Louisiana since 2024/12/18
・Rhode Island since 2025/1/28
・Wyoming since 2024/12/26
・Washington since 2024/11/13
Canada
・Alberta since 2022/4/12
・Ontario since 2024/12/18
・Saskatchewan since 2022/4/21
・Newfoundland and Labrador since 2022/1/18
・New Brunswick since 2022/4/28
・Nova Scotia since 2022/2/10
・British Columbia since 2023/5/12
・Manitoba since 2022/4/27
Central and South America
Argentina since 2025/2/18
Costa Rica since 2023/2/22
Peru since 2022/12/9
Europe
Ukraine since 2021/10/21
United Kingdom
・Angus since 2025/2/19
・East Sussex since 2025/2/19
・Inverness since 2025/3/21
・Wiltshire since 2025/4/1
・Cumbria since 2025/4/1
・Clwyd since 2025/2/19
・Kent since 2025/2/19
・Suffolk since 2025/2/19
・Shropshire since 2025/2/19
・Tyne and Wear since 2025/3/28
・Durham since 2025/3/28
・Cheshire since 2025/2/19
・Tyrone since 2025/2/25
・Devon since 2025/2/19
・Nairn since 2025/3/21
・Northumberland since 2025/3/28
・North Yorkshire since 2025/2/19
・Norfolk since 2025/2/19
・Perth and Kinross since 2025/2/19
・Hampshire since 2025/4/1
・Herefordshire since 2025/2/27
・Powys since 2025/3/6
・Merseyside since 2025/2/19
・Lincolnshire since 2025/2/19
・Londonderry since 2025/2/25
Austria since 2021/12/1
Switzerland since 2021/12/1
Danmark since 2024/9/19
Hungary
・Komárom-Esztergom since 2024/11/14
・Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg since 2024/10/16
・Győr-Moson-Sopron since 2024/11/14
・Somogy since 2024/11/15
・Csongrád-Csanád since 2024/10/7
・Tolna since 2024/10/16
・Hajdú-Bihar since 2024/10/3
・Bács-Kiskun since 2024/10/15
・Baranya since 2024/11/13
・Fejér since 2024/10/16
・Békés since 2024/10/3
・Pest since 2024/11/15
・Heves since 2025/1/31
・Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén since 2024/11/13
・Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok since 2024/10/7
France since 2023/10/2
Belgium
・Flandre-Orientale since 2025/2/19
・Liège since 2025/2/4
Bulgaria
・Varna since 2023/11/14
・Veliko Tarnovo since 2023/4/10
・Kardzhali since 2024/4/18
・Stara Zagora since 2024/3/12
・Sliven since 2024/10/29
・Sofijska since 2023/2/3
・Pazardzhik since 2023/11/6
・Yambol since 2024/10/29
Poland
・Warmińsko-mazurskie since 2024/12/2
・Lodz since 2025/1/10
・Opolskie since 2024/11/28
・kujawsko-pomorskie since 2024/12/17
・Świętokrzyskie since 2025/3/18
・śląskie since 2024/12/2
・dolnośląskie since 2024/10/8
・podkarpackie since 2025/1/20
・zachodniopomorskie since 2025/1/27
・pomorskie since 2025/1/31
・małopolskie since 2025/2/25
・mazowieckie since 2024/12/2
・Województwo lubuskie since 2024/8/30
・lubelskie since 2024/11/20
Portugal​ since 2024/8/23
Lithuania
・Klaipedos since 2025/1/30
Middle East
Türkiye since 2024/11/6

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