The list of designated regions
(countries and regions free from avian influenza)

 

As of December 17, 2019
Ukraine (Except Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol, Luhansk Oblast and Donetsk Oblast), Denmark, Val-d'Oise in France and Bulgaria were added to designated regions.
Chile and Loir-et-Cher in France were excluded from designated regions.

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

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

North America  
United States (excluding the state of California) ＊2,3, Canada

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

Europe
Iceland, Ireland, Andorra, Ukraine (Except Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol, Luhansk Oblast and Donetsk Oblast) ＊4, Republic of Uzbekistan ＊5, United Kingdom ＊6, Estonia, Austria, Netherlands, Cyprus, Kyrgyz Republic, Georgia, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Denmark ＊7, Germany ＊8, Turkmenistan, Norway, Hungary ＊9,10, １1 Finland , France (excluding Loir-et-Cher), Bulgaria ＊12, Belarus, Belgium, Poland ＊13, Portugal, Malta, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein

Middle East
United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Turkey, Bahrain

Africa
Algeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Republic of Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Zambia, Swaziland, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Chad, Tunisia, Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Morocco, Lesotho, Reunion

Please ask Quarantine Station for the latest information.
＊1  Import procedure from Philippines has been suspended since March 16, 2020.
＊2  Import procedure from the state of North Carolina in the United States has been suspended since March 17, 2020.
＊3  Import procedure from the state of South Carolina in the United States has been suspended since March 19, 2020.
＊4  Import procedure from Ukraine (Except Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol, Luhansk Oblast and Donetsk Oblast) has been suspended since January 21, 2020.
＊5  Import procedure from Republic of Uzbekistan has been suspended since July 15, 2014.
＊6  Import procedure from Suffolk in United Kingdom has been suspended since December 11, 2019.
＊7  Import procedure from Denmark has been suspended since January 31, 2020.
＊8  Import procedure from Germany has been suspended since February 12, 2020.
＊9  Import procedure from Komárom-Esztergom in Hungary has been suspended since January 14, 2020.
＊10  Import procedure from Hajdú-Bihar in Hungary has been suspended since January 16, 2020.
＊11  Import procedure from Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád  in Hungary has been suspended since March 27, 2020.
＊12  Import procedure from Bulgaria has been suspended since February 20, 2020.
＊13  Import procedure from Poland has been suspended since January 3, 2020.