China — Fishery/Seafood Products — Squid-Octopus
China received 4 FDA import refusals in Squid-Octopus, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2022-Q4 and 2025-Q3. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are bulking agent added, filth, and cyclamate. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from China, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of these, 4 were hazard refusals and 0 were paperwork refusals.
Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- AMG-0168737-9 SQUID, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES Import division DSEI. bulking agent added
- 9B7-1316221-9 SQUID, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES Import division DSEI. bulking agent added
- 9EX-2305373-2 SQUID, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES Import division DWCI. bulking agent added
- 9W4-0916054-4 SQUID, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES Import division DWCI. bulking agent added
- K09-0082668-4 OCTOPUS, BREADED, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES Import division DNEI. filthcyclamatenutrition labelingingredients not listed+8 more
- 036-0110980-8 SQUID, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES Import division DWCI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 6 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
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China country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →