THE THIRD FREE COUNTRIES LIST
Foot-and-Mouth Disease:FMD, African Swine Fever:ASF, Classical Swine Fever:CSF, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy:BSE,
Chronic Wasting Disease:CWD, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza:HPAI, Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza:LPAI
Cloven-hoofed animals and meat, etc.
(other than cervid animals, pigs, deer meat and pig meat, etc.)
(Countries, regions or zones approved as free from rinderpest, FMD and BSE eligible to export to Japan)
As of Mar. 10, 2025
- Iceland
- Croatia
- San Marino
- Hungary Outbreak of FMD has confirmed in Hungary. (Mar. 7, 2025)
- Lithuania
- Argentina (Province of Santa Cruz, Chubut, Tierra Del Fuego, Neuquen, Buenos Aires (District of Patagones only) and Rio Negro only)
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Costa Rica
- Chile
- Dominican Republic
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- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Belize
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Australia
- Northern-Mariana Islands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Vanuatu
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Cervid animals or deer meat, etc.
(Countries, regions or zones approved as free from rinderpest, FMD and CWD eligible to export to Japan)
As of Jul. 18, 2025
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland only)
- Austria
- The Netherlands
- Croatia
- San Marino
- Switzerland
- Sweden Outbreak of CWD has confirmed in Sweden. (Apr. 5, 2019)
- Spain
- Slovenia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Germany Outbreak of FMD has confirmed in Germany. (Jan. 11, 2025)
- Hungary Outbreak of FMD has confirmed in Hungary. (Mar. 7, 2025)
- Finland Outbreak of CWD has confirmed in Finland. (Apr. 13, 2018)
- France
- Belgium
- Poland
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- Portugal
- Lithuania
- Liechtenstein
- Argentina (Province of Santa Cruz, Chubut, Tierra Del Fuego, Neuquen, Buenos Aires (District of Patagones only) and Rio Negro only)
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Costa Rica
- Chile
- Dominican Republic
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Brazil (state of Santa Catalina only)
- Belize
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Australia
- Northern-Mariana Islands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Vanuatu
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Pigs and pig meat, etc.
(Countries, regions or zones approved as free from rinderpest, FMD, ASF and CSF eligible to export to Japan)
As of Jul. 18, 2025
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy (excluding Sardinia island) Outbreak of ASF has confirmed in Italy. (Jan. 8, 2022)
- United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland only)
- Austria
- The Netherlands
- San Marino
- Switzerland
- Sweden Outbreak of ASF has confirmed in Sweden. (Sep. 7, 2023)
- Spain
- Slovenia
- Czech RepublicOutbreak of ASF has confirmed in Czech Republic. (Dec. 3, 2022)
- Denmark
- GermanyOutbreak of ASF has confirmed in Germany. (Sep. 11, 2020)
- Norway
- Hungary *（CSF free zone and ASF free counties only)
Outbreak of FMD has confirmed in Hungary. (Mar. 7, 2025)
- Finland
- France
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- Belgium
- Poland Outbreak of ASF has confirmed in Poland. (Feb. 18, 2014)
- Portugal
- U.S.A. (continental part of America, the Hawaiian Islands and Guam only)
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- Chile
- Panama
- Brazil (state of Santa Catalina only)
- Mexico
- Australia
- Northern-Mariana Islands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Vanuatu
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Poultry and Poultry meat, etc.
(Countries, regions or zones approved as free from HPAI and LPAI eligible to export to Japan)
As of Jul. 23, 2025
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Philippines※
- Malaysia
- Turkey※
- Ukraine (excluding the autonomous republic of Crimea, city of Sevastopol, province of Donetsk and Luhansk)※
- United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland only) ※
- Austria※
- Netherlands※
- Sweden
- Spain※
- Denmark※
- Germany※
- Hungary※
- Finland
- France※
- Bulgaria※
- Belgium※
- Poland※
- Portugal※
- Latvia
- Lithuania※
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- U.S.A. (continental part of America, the Hawaiian Islands and Guam only) ※
- Canada※
- Argentine※
- Costa Rica※
- Colombia※
- Chile※
- Brazil※
- Peru※
- Australia※
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
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※Countries (regions) on temporary import suspension due to outbreaks of Avian Influenza.
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