Hong Kong — Fishery/Seafood Products — Fish-Other

Hong Kong received 18 FDA import refusals in Fish-Other, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2024-Q4, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, unsafe food additive, and veterinary drug residue. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Hong Kong, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

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Key figures

If you import fish-other from Hong Kong

Hazard or paperwork: Of 17 refusals in the last 3 years, 16 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
Where refusals happen: DWCI — West Coast (13); DNEI — Northeast (4).
Riskiest months: November, January, September, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: filth (16), pesticide residue (1), unsafe food additive (1), veterinary drug residue (1).
Paperwork to get right: label not conspicuous (1), no process filing (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

hazard findings labelling & registration

Show the numbers

Quarter	Refusals	Hazard	Paperwork
2023-Q4	2	2	0
2024-Q1	2	1	1
2024-Q2	1	1	0
2024-Q3	3	3	0
2024-Q4	4	4	0
2025-Q1	1	1	0
2025-Q2	0	0	0
2025-Q3	1	1	0
2025-Q4	1	1	0
2026-Q1	1	1	0
2026-Q2	0	0	0
2026-Q3	2	2	0

Recent refusals

DBM-2606050-7 2026-09-11 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
DBM-2604030-1 2026-07-17 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
DP6-3036934-7 2026-02-20 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
147-0247392-8 2025-11-14 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
DP6-3036892-7 2025-07-23 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
MS5-4433769-6 2025-02-20 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
K80-5137933-8 2024-12-10 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
K80-5141742-7 2024-11-20 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
K80-5141316-0 2024-11-20 EEL Import division DWCI. unsafe food additivefilthveterinary drug residuepesticide residue
K80-5138755-4 2024-10-29 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
TZ6-6136886-8 2024-09-30 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
TZ6-6137792-7 2024-09-26 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
TZ6-6129783-6 2024-08-30 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
K80-5134420-9 2024-05-20 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
AEK-4787423-3 2024-03-27 OYSTERS Import division DWCI. label not conspicuousno process filing
K80-5129449-5 2024-01-18 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
K80-5130541-6 2023-11-17 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
K80-5127298-8 2023-10-24 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
HK1-2300772-4 2023-06-12 SCALLOPS Import division DWCI. filth
DZ1-1142218-1 2023-05-19 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth

Data and downloads

Download all 54 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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Hong Kong country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →