China — Fishery/Seafood Products — Salmon
China received 8 FDA import refusals in Salmon, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issue is filth. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from China, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import salmon from China
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 8 refusals in the last 3 years, 8 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (3); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (2); DWCI — West Coast (2).
- Test for before shipping
- filth (8).
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-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- BED-0060792-2 SALMON, ALL, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNBI. filth
- BED-0060859-9 SALMON, ALL, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. filth
- N35-0331716-5 SALMON (HUMPBACK, SILVER, KING, SOCKEYE, ETC.) Import division DSEI. filth
- BED-0060442-4 SALMON, ALL, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. filth
- EI5-9537811-5 SALMON (HUMPBACK, SILVER, KING, SOCKEYE, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filth
- TZ6-6125600-6 SALMON (HUMPBACK, SILVER, KING, SOCKEYE, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filth
- AQZ-0575437-2 SALMON (HUMPBACK, SILVER, KING, SOCKEYE, ETC.) Import division DNBI. filth
- 417-0383629-0 SALMON (HUMPBACK, SILVER, KING, SOCKEYE, ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
- 334-5835626-9 SALMON (HUMPBACK, SILVER, KING, SOCKEYE, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filth
- AQZ-0512110-1 SALMON, ALL, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. filth
- CIU-8111539-0 SALMON (HUMPBACK, SILVER, KING, SOCKEYE, ETC.) Import division DSWI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 11 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 2026-04-13. To get new ones for China by email, watch China.
China country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →