Ecuador — Fishery/Seafood Products — Fish-Other
Ecuador received 27 FDA import refusals in Fish-Other, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 7 in 2024-Q2, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, histamine, and no process filing. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Ecuador, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import fish-other from Ecuador
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 25 refusals in the last 3 years, 20 were hazard findings and 5 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (11); DNEI — Northeast (10); DWCI — West Coast (4).
- Riskiest months
- May, April, March, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (19), histamine (5), poisonous substance (3), insanitary conditions (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no process filing (3), labeling (2), no net quantity (2).
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Recent refusals
- DP4-1038363-3 SARDINES (BRISLING, SPRATS, PILCHARDS, ETC.) Import division DNEI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- AJR-7163816-5 CORVINA Import division DNEI. labeling
- 8LJ-0036091-2 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. filthpoisonous substance
- DP4-3973827-0 SARDINES (BRISLING, SPRATS, PILCHARDS, ETC.) Import division DNEI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- 147-0247657-4 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
- ABC-2255462-2 CRAB Import division DSEI. filth
- D97-2136922-8 MAHI MAHI Import division DNEI. filth
- 9K9-1025805-9 CRAB Import division DSEI. no manufacturer nameno net quantityno common namelabeling+2 more
- 9B7-1397562-8 MAHI MAHI Import division DWCI. filth
- D97-2123076-8 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. histaminefilth
- DP4-3840954-3 SARDINES (BRISLING, SPRATS, PILCHARDS, ETC.) Import division DNEI. no net quantitynot in Englishno process filing
- 406-0610306-3 CRUSTACEANS, BREADED, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. histaminefilth
- EVJ-1227211-1 MAHI MAHI Import division DWCI. histaminefilth
- EKM-0232749-9 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. filth
- E4P-0088227-4 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. filth
- E4P-0088007-0 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. histaminefilth
- ETM-0329492-8 CRAB Import division DNEI. no common name
- T09-2400622-1 MAHI MAHI Import division DWCI. filthpoisonous substance
- D97-2018480-0 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. filth
- 83S-0017230-8 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. histaminefilth
Data and downloads
Download all 57 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 2026-05-12. To get new ones for Ecuador by email, watch Ecuador.
Ecuador country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →