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The Draft Amendment of the Regulations Governing Fees for Animal and 
Plant Quarantine  
 
Article 4   Quarantine fees shall be charged for the following cases : 
1. Quarantine fees shall be charged at the rate of 0.05% of the import duty 
value of the imported articles which are wheal, barley, corn or soy bean.  
2. A dog, cat or rabbit carried by the passenger  shall be charged  at the rate 
of NT$ 400 per animal . 
3. Quarantine  fees shall be charged for 0.1% of the Free on Board (FOB) 
value of the export articles  or the  import  duty value  for the import ed 
articles , excluding the 2 cases  mentioned above . 
 
Article 7   The quarantine fees shall be exempted for the following cases:  
1. The articles are used for military purposes and accompanied with proof 
from military authorities.  
2. The articles of imported food are used for military or official purposes 
and accompanied with proof from food administration authorities.  
3. The animals, plants or their products carried by passenger or crew 
serving on vehicles, ships or aircrafts or sent via mail not exceeding the 
quantity allowed by the Bureau of Animal and Plant H ealth Inspectio n 
and Quarantine, excluding the dog, cat or rabbit indicated by the Ar ticle. 
4-2. 
4. Unprocessed raw, cold -stored or frozen livestock or poultry meat for 
export, where the meat inspection fee has been paid for at slaughtering.  
 
Article 12   When applying for extended operation, the applicants or the agents shall 
follow the rules  as described below :  
1. The applicants or the agents shall apply for the extended quarantine 
operation and animal quarantine operation according to different 
circumstances . 
2. The extended operation hours are as follows:  
(A) The extended operation hours during weekdays are from 6:00 a.m. 
to 8:30 a.m. or from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. or from 5:30 p.m. to 
10:00 p.m.  
(B) The extended operation hours during weekends and national 
holidays are from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.  
(C) The special extended operation hours are f rom 10 p.m. to 6:00 a .m. 
of the next day.   2 3. The extended operation fees shall be charged as follows:  
(A) A fee of NT$ 1,350  for each batch of the articles shall be charged 
during weekdays.  
(B) A fee of  NT$ 2,230  for each batch of the articles shall be charg ed 
during weekends and national holidays.  
(C) A fee of NT$ 4,030  for each batch of the articles shall be charged for 
the special extended operation hours.  
(D) The extended operation across the aforementioned items of this 
subparagraph shall be charged by the maximum fee.  
4. The extended animal quarantine operation fees shall be charged as 
follows : 
(A) A fee of NT$ 2,000  for each batch of the articles shall be charged 
during weekdays.  
(B) A fee of NT$ 3,500 for each batch of the articles shall be charged 
during weekends and national holidays.  
(C) A fee of NT$ 5,000 for each batch of the articles shall be charged for 
the special extended operation hours.  
5. If the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection an d Quarantine 
approves the withdrawal of applications for extended operation made 
by an applicant, the extended operation fee will be refunded, or be 
deducted in the next application for inspection with the deduction to be 
noted in the application form.  
6. If an applicant applies for inspection of several batches of the articles 
and the inspection can be conducted at the same place and the same 
time, the extended quarantine  operation fee shall be charged as for one 
batch of the articles as described in Subparagraph 3.  
7. The extended quarantine  operation fee shall not be charged when the 
allowed quantity of animals, plants or their products as set by the 
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine  are 
carried by the passenger or crew serving on vehicles, ships or aircrafts,  
excluding the dog, cat or rabbit carried by the passenger . 
 
Article 14  The handling fee s for quarantine label used on export  articles  shall be 
charged as follow s: 
1. Quarantine label for general use: one label for one package , NT$ 1 for 
one label.   
2. Quarantine label for one container: one label for one container, NT$  80 
for one container.  
No handling fee for the quarantine label is required when  the allowed  3 quantity of animal s, plant s or their products as set by the Bureau of Animal  
and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine  are carried by passenger and 
crew serving on the vehicles, ships or aircrafts or sent via mail.  
 
Article 15    For separation, reissu ance,  replacement  or copy of the 
phytosanitary/veterinary certificate , a fee of NT$  170 shall be charged 
for each new certificate.  
   4 Table 1  Animal Hold ing Fees Schedule  
Item Animal  Facility fee＊ Testing fee＊＊ Other fees and 
remarks  
1 Dogs, Cats  870 605 The fees are charged 
for the rabies 
vaccination of 
NT$140, microchip 
implantation of 
NT$300, medical 
treatment for external 
parasites of NT$350 
and medical treatment 
for intestinal parasites 
of NT$250 as deemed 
necessary during 
quarantine  each time.  
2 Horses , mules, 
donkeys  735 300  
3 Cattle  290 305  
4 Pigs 110 305  
5 Goat/Sheep  260 305  
6 Llama 260 305  
7 Rabbits  870 100  
8 Tortoise s 60 10  
9 Ostriches  330 310  
10 Chickens, ducks, 
geese, turkey s  60 300/ area or 
room  1. The ostriches are 
excluded from 
poultry indicated 
in the 11th item.  
2. The ostriches and 
poultry are 
excluded from 
birds indicated in 
the 12th and 13th 
items.  11 Poultry under two 
weeks of age  3 300/ area or 
room  
12 Birds quarantined in 
small facilities  2,290 / each 
room per 
day/( 1,100  for 
less than 10 
birds for each 
room per day)  2,300/ entire 
consignment   5 13 Birds quarantined in 
large facilities  3,020 /each room 
per day  2,300/ entire 
consignment  3. The testing fees of 
poultry and birds, 
which are 
indicated in the 
11th, 12th and 13th 
items, transported 
via countries or 
zones of highly 
pathogenic avian 
influenza (HPAI) 
shall be charged 
triply. 
14 Other animals  Based on the size 
of the animals 
and the above 
standard .   
 Note:  
＊Facility fee:Daily rate for each animal per day  
＊＊Testing fee charged for each animal or entire 
consignment every time .  
 
   6 Table 2   Fee Standard for Animal Carcass Burning  
Fee ( NT$) Remarks  
185 per kilogram  Less than 1 kg is counted as 1 kg  
 
   7  Table  3  Fumigation and Sterilization Fees Standard  
Unit Fee (NT$/  
container)  Remarks  
Fumigation 
container  
used for less 
than 24 
hours.  5,000  A. Fumigation  of the articles not fully loaded in a 
container is still charged for the fee for one 
container.  
B. Fumigation of various kinds of the articles 
loaded in a container shall be charge d 
according to the proportion used by  the 
articles.  
C. Fumigation of the articles using part of a 
container fumigation facility is charged 
according to the proportion of the number of 
standard  pallets which can be loaded in to a 40 
feet container (20 pallets).  Fumigation 
container  
used for more 
than 24 
hours.  6,200  
1. Applicable to cases using fumigation facilities  of the plant protection and  quarantine 
authorities . 
2. The fees do not cover  fumiga nt and l oading/unloading of the goods. The applicants 
shall provide  the fumigant  and carry out  loading/unload ing; otherwise t he Bureau 
of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Q uarantine will  charge fees for 
provid ing services  based on  actual expense s. 
3. When private organizations are entrusted to conduct  fumigation and sterilization, the 
fees charged shall  conform to the provisions of the entrustment agreement . 
 