Bangladesh — Fishery/Seafood Products — Shrimp-Prawn
Bangladesh received 9 FDA import refusals in Shrimp-Prawn, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are veterinary drug residue, nitrofuran, and filth. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Bangladesh, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import shrimp-prawn from Bangladesh
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 9 refusals in the last 3 years, 9 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (5); DNEI — Northeast (4).
- Riskiest months
- April, February, June, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- nitrofuran (5), veterinary drug residue (5), filth (3), Salmonella (3).
FDA does not publish how many entries it examines, so no page can state a true probability of refusal; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 594-0407661-0 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0472818-5 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- 082-0470778-3 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- EVJ-1255768-5 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. filthSalmonella
- EVJ-1257177-7 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. filthSalmonella
- 991-0274141-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 224-4639359-1 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. nitrofuran
- AQZ-0577591-4 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- KM6-3606782-9 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. filthSalmonella
- KM6-3595800-2 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DNEI. filth
- KM6-3597105-4 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. filth
- KM6-3576520-9 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DNEI. filthSalmonella
- EVJ-1167628-8 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 9T4-3034691-1 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- KM6-3573262-1 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DNEI. filthSalmonella
- 594-0346188-8 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. nitrofuran
- 594-0346407-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- KM6-3569060-5 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. filthSalmonella
- 594-0341568-6 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. nitrofuran
- KM6-1560666-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
Data and downloads
Download all 43 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
The file holds entries up to 2026-07-01. To get new ones for Bangladesh by email, watch Bangladesh.
Bangladesh country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →