Bangladesh — Fishery/Seafood Products
Bangladesh received 24 FDA import refusals in Fishery/Seafood Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 7 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, veterinary drug residue, and nitrofuran. 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 fishery/seafood products from Bangladesh
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 24 refusals in the last 3 years, 23 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (19); DWCI — West Coast (5).
- Riskiest months
- April, February, June, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- Salmonella (17), nitrofuran (5), veterinary drug residue (5), filth (3).
- Paperwork to get right
- no common name (2), importer HACCP failure (1).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish-Other | 15 | — | — | Salmonella |
| Shrimp-Prawn | 9 | — | — | veterinary drug residue |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- KM6-3685440-8 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- KM6-3681267-9 GOBY Import division DNEI. importer HACCP failureno common name
- 594-0407661-0 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- KM6-3674520-0 SHAD, ALEWIFE Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 082-0472818-5 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- KM6-3667146-3 PERCH, FRESH WATER (YELLOW, LAKE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- KM6-3675168-7 EEL Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 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
- KM6-3659581-1 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- KM6-3665334-7 AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, N.E.C., Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- KM6-3655809-0 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 991-0274141-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- KM6-3638055-2 SHAD, ALEWIFE Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 224-4639359-1 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. nitrofuran
- KM6-3617634-9 EEL Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- KM6-3613141-9 GOBY Import division DNEI. Salmonellano common name
- KM6-3616137-4 EEL Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- KM6-3616112-7 EEL Import division DNEI. Salmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 85 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 2026-10-22. To get new ones for Bangladesh by email, watch Bangladesh.
Bangladesh country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →