India — Fishery/Seafood Products — Shrimp-Prawn
India received 79 FDA import refusals in Shrimp-Prawn, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 13 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are nitrofuran, veterinary drug residue, and filth. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from India, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import shrimp-prawn from India
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 84 refusals in the last 3 years, 84 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (29); DWCI — West Coast (29); DSEI — Southeast (11).
- Riskiest months
- November, February, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- veterinary drug residue (33), filth (30), nitrofuran (28), Salmonella (26), poisonous chlorinated compound (4).
- Paperwork to get right
- labeling (1), no manufacturer name (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 8TH-0052161-5 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. insanitary conditions
- KM6-3682195-1 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. filthSalmonella
- 224-1502939-0 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DSWI. filthSalmonella
- 417-0412883-8 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. nitrofuran
- KM6-1644812-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. bulking agent addedlabeling
- 417-0409165-5 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. nitrofuran
- 8P5-0089831-4 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. filth
- 417-0406370-4 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residue
- 082-0470327-9 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residue
- 406-0611911-9 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuranpoisonous chlorinated compound
- 8P5-0090153-0 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. filthSalmonella
- 082-0468944-5 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- 8TH-0040612-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0463998-6 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0465023-1 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. nitrofuran
- 082-0463190-0 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residue
- 8P5-0075016-8 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. filthSalmonella
- 082-0463440-9 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. bulking agent added
- 082-0462913-6 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0463194-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
Data and downloads
Download all 257 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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India country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →