Ecuador — Fishery/Seafood Products — Shrimp-Prawn
Ecuador received 16 FDA import refusals in Shrimp-Prawn, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2026-Q2, with the trend newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, filth, and veterinary drug residue. 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 shrimp-prawn from Ecuador
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 15 refusals in the last 3 years, 15 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (8); DWCI — West Coast (4); DNEI — Northeast (2).
- Riskiest months
- May, June, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- Salmonella (10), filth (2), veterinary drug residue (2), nitrofuran (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- AQZ-0640243-5 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. Salmonella
- 991-0278711-8 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. filth
- RD8-0024693-9 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- RD8-0024691-3 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- 224-5111984-0 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- 224-5111673-9 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- RD8-0024692-1 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- 594-0410443-8 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 406-0621238-5 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residuenot in English
- RD8-0024606-1 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- D97-2238810-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- D97-1959434-0 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DSEI. filth
- D97-1960361-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. nitrofuran
- 9VA-0295644-8 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- D97-1959633-7 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- 594-0368285-5 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 594-0357126-4 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. nitrofuran
- 082-0431695-7 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. Salmonella
- 224-4631282-3 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. Salmonella
- AQZ-0535050-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. Salmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 27 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 2026-09-18. To get new ones for Ecuador by email, watch Ecuador.
Ecuador country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →