Export-A-Pet can arrange to Import your pet from any country in the world.
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Our services includes; obtaining the import license (which takes 7 working days to be issued), forwarding it to the owner or overseas agent, informing the Agriculture & Fisheries Dept. of your pets arrival, booking quarantine space if necessary, meeting your pets upon arrival at the airport, arranging customs clearance and direct delivery to your residence or quarantine kennels. We can also provide excellent boarding facilities if you are not immediately ready to recieve your pet.
Occasionally a quarantine period of 4 months is required for pets entering Hong Kong from Group 3 countries (these include China, Thailand and The Phillipines). No quarantine is required for pets arriving from Group 1 and 2 countries (these include the UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Singapore and most European countries), as long as strict import regulations are met.
After import procedures we can offer immediate delivery to your home or we can provide excellent boarding facilities if required.
Some countries require a period of quarantine upon arrival. We can arrange this in advance through a well-established file of the best quarantine kennels in the world, all of which are government approved.
A Quick Reference Guide
| COUNTRY | VACCINATIONS REQUIRED | HEALTH CERTIFICATES | COMMENTS |
| Australia - full process takes 6 mths | Rabies, microchip & Rabies Titre test 5 mths before shipment. Distemper, Hepatitis, Parvovirus within 12 mths but not within 14 days - No Leptospirosis | Within 48 hrs - completed by vet & Government vet | 30 days quarantine, if Titre test done 5 mths before shipment. Import permit required |
| Canada | Rabies within 12 mths but not within 30 days, G6 / E3 within 12 mths | Valid for 10 days | No quarantine unless pet arrives within 30 days of Rabies vaccination |
| China | Rabies, G6 / E3 within 12 mths | Valid for 10 days | Residence permit required to obtain import permit, max one pet per permit, 30 days in-house quarantine |
| Japan | Rabies G6 for dogs. No regulations for cats | Valid for 7 days | 14 days quarantine for dogs, import permit required |
| Malaysia | Rabies G6 / E3 | Valid for 7 days | 10 days quarantine, import permit required |
| New Zealand | Rabies, microchip & Rabies Titre test 6 mths before shipment. Within 1 mth, 2nd Titre test, 2 Faecal test, and heartworm test | Valid for 4 days - completed by vet & Government vet | 30 days quarantine, escort required after Government vet has completed health certificate |
| Philippines | Current Rabies, G6 / E3 vet to deworm / deflea when health cert done | Valid for 7 days Government Health Certificate | Import permit required |
| Singapore | Rabies done on arrival, Current G6 / E3 | Valid for 7 days | 30 days quarantine |
| South Africa | Rabies within 12 mths but not within 30 days. Tests for dogs | Valid for 10 days | Vet import permit (6 weeks) 30 days quarantine |
| Taiwan | Rabies within 12 mths but not within 30 days | Valid for 30 days | 21 days quarantine Original health cert for import permit, 8 photos (side / frontal) required owners must have residency permit |
| Thailand | Rabies within 12 mths | Valid for 10 days | Best to take as excess baggage to avoid import duties and tax |
| UK | Rabies done on arrival, current G6 / E3 | Valid for 7 days | 6 mths quarantine, kennels info available |
| USA | Primary Rabies within 12 mths but not within 30 days | Valid for 10 days | If Rabies vaccination is a booster, 30 day rule does not appl |
Must travel as manifest cargo as cargo / excess baggage best as excess baggage dogs as cargo, cats as either: G6 for Dogs = Distemper, Hepatitis, Parvovirus, LeptospirosisE3 for Cats = Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis, Calicivirus (combination of these two are known as Cat Flu), Feline Panleucopenia (also known as Feline Enteritis)
