Customs & Paperwork Requirements for Horses (Entry/Departure)

With thirty years experience in transporting horses in the Caribbean and worldwide, AEAT has built up a global network of trusted horse shipping agents to look after your horse’s requirements and needs for transport, quarantine, testing and customs formalities – no matter the destination.

We work to ensure we know all the latest requirements of customs authorities around the world. We must ensure that your horse goes through the correct customs procedure from the country of export and, most importantly as this is usually where taxes are paid, into the country of import. We can advise you, in conjunction with our agents, the best customs procedure for your horse.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HORSES ENTERING PUERTO RICO:

Effective February 2007,  the Department of Agriculture required that all horses imported to Puerto Rico need to have vaccines against the following diseases:
* Influenza
* Herpes
* West Nile Virus
* Rhinoneumonitis
* Rabies
* Eastern Western Encephalitis (EWE or EEW)

ALSO REQUIRES  A COGGINS TEST WITHIN 6 MONTHS (not one day older!!!) AND THEY NEED TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A HEALTH CERTIFICATE WITHIN 30 DAYS LISTING ALL VACCINATIONS & DATES GIVEN ALONG WITH FINAL DESTINATION.

**A NEW UPDATE FOR HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FROM THE USDA AS OF FEBRUARY 9, 2009–IS TO HAVE ANY FEMALE HORSE TESTED FOR CONTAGIOUS EQUINE METRITIS (CEM) 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION INTO PUERTO RICO; SAID TEST TO BE PERFORMED IN AN ACCREDITED USDA LABORATORY.  THE HEALTH CERTIFICATE SHALL INDICATE IN ADDITION TO THE RESULTS OF THE TEST, THE DATE PERFORMED, AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE LABORATORY.**