Hong Kong — Fishery/Seafood Products — Shrimp-Prawn
Hong Kong received 5 FDA import refusals in Shrimp-Prawn, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are veterinary drug residue and unsafe food additive. 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 shrimp-prawn from Hong Kong
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (3); DNEI — Northeast (2).
- Test for before shipping
- veterinary drug residue (5), unsafe food additive (4).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- DBH-2001639-4 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DNEI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- D77-3002483-4 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- EE3-1467876-8 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residue
- D77-0925064-2 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- HK1-2404480-9 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- HK1-2204237-5 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- AX4-0071896-5 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- HK1-2106602-9 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- AX4-0070746-3 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- AX4-0068890-3 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
Data and downloads
Download all 10 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 2026-07-29. To get new ones for Hong Kong by email, watch Hong Kong.
Hong Kong country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →