Seattle
USSEAUnited StatesNorth America
Seattle (USSEA) is a sea port in the United States. What follows is what an exporter checks before booking: how the port handles cargo, what it requires on arrival, and who works there.
Agri-food handling
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Quarantine and pratique
- Yes
Providers near Seattle
Storage, freight, customs brokers, inspection and treatment providers listed in Seattle.
Customs brokers
See allBringing goods into United States
Full market requirements- US_BEEF_ECERT — United States meat export certificate (eCert) for beef/vealDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), Australia
- Establishment listing: FSIS eligible foreign establishments - Australia
- Beef/veal is derived from bovines that meet US APHIS BSE import conditions for a region of negligible BSE risk; Australia is recognised as a negligible-BSE-risk region.
- Shipping mark and labelling requirements
Sources last checked 2026-06-19.
Deadlines and alerts for United States
- US FSMA Section 204 (Food Traceability Rule)2028-07-20
Port facts
- Harbour size
- Large
- Harbour type
- Coastal (natural)
- Shelter
- Excellent
- Channel depth
- 9.4 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 23.2 m
- Anchorage depth
- 23.2 m
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Cranes
- fixed, mobile, floating
- Repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Small
- Rail connection
- Yes
- Supplies
- provisions, potable water, fuel oil
Source: NGA World Port Index (Pub 150). A row is absent where the dataset records nothing for this port.