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PhilippinesEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

Department Circular No. 46, Series of 2026: Temporary

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Department Circular No. 46, Series of 2026: Temporary Ban on the Importation of All Commodities Derived from Foot and Mouth Disease-Susceptible Animals, Their Products and By-products Originating from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gambia, Guinea, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Viet Nam, and Zambia

The Philippines notified this emergency SPS measure on 7 October 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.

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At a glance

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 0102 Live bovine animals
    • 0103 Live swine
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
    • 0202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen
    • 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
All 22 codes
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 0401 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
    • 0402 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
    • 0403 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or flavoured or containing…
    • 0404 Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not…
  • 05 · Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included
    • 0504 Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked.
    • 0507 Ivory, tortoiseshell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared; powder and waste of these…
    • 051110 Bovine semen
  • 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
    • 1501 Pig fat, incl. lard, and poultry fat, rendered or otherwise extracted (excl. lard stearin and lard oil)
    • 1502 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excl. oil and oleostearin)
  • 16 · Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof
    • 1601 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products.
    • 1602 Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects (excl. sausages and similar products, and meat extracts and juices)
  • 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder
    • 2301 Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves
  • 35 · Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
    • 3503 Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other…
  • 41 · Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
    • 4101 Raw hides and skins of bovine 'incl. buffalo' or equine animals, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or…
    • 4102 Raw skins of sheep or lambs, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excl. those with wool on…
    • 4103 Other raw hides and skins, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excl. those of bovine animals…
    • 4104 Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine 'incl. buffalo' or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split (excl. further prepared)
Notifying member
Philippines
Status
Emergency measure, may already apply
Objectives
  • Animal health
  • Protect territory from other damage from pests
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Emergency notifications (SPS)
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/PHL/545
Keywords
Animal health, Foot and mouth disease

Key dates

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Comment deadline
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Proposed adoption
Not set in the notification
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/PHL/545; it forwards comments to the Philippines.

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What the notification says

The Circular institutes emergency measures for the importation of FMD-susceptible animals, their products and by-products originating from the specified countries. It bans the importation of FMD-susceptible animals, their products and by-products. It also sets conditions for commodities that remain allowed under the temporary restrictions, consistent with the Philippines’ import terms and conditions and regulatory requirements. The Circular further provides that non-compliant shipments shall be dealt with under DA Department Circular No. 14, Series of 2025, and that Veterinary Quarantine Officers/Inspectors shall stop and confiscate shipments of commodities classified as 'NOT ALLOWED' at major ports of entry.

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