Indonesia — Fishery/Seafood Products — Shrimp-Prawn
Indonesia received 399 FDA import refusals in Shrimp-Prawn, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 306 in 2025-Q3, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are veterinary drug residue, nitrofuran, and insanitary plant. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Indonesia, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import shrimp-prawn from Indonesia
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 401 refusals in the last 3 years, 371 were hazard findings and 30 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (139); DSEI — Southeast (110); DNEI — Northeast (80).
- Riskiest months
- September, December, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- insanitary handling (284), insanitary plant (76), nitrofuran (35), veterinary drug residue (34), bulking agent added (24).
- Paperwork to get right
- sulfites not declared (30), no net quantity (7), color not declared (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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 24 | 4 | 20 |
| 2025-Q2 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025-Q3 | 306 | 303 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 082-0475252-4 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuranpoisonous chlorinated compound
- AQZ-0642768-9 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. filthSalmonella
- 082-0471330-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. filth
- 082-0469320-7 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DSWI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0467482-7 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residue
- 826-0249784-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0469064-1 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0469066-6 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DNBI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0466973-6 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DNEI. nitrofuran
- D97-2167877-6 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residue
- AQZ-0627184-8 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DSWI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 826-0249291-8 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- BEZ-0022454-1 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- BEZ-0022386-5 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 826-0249786-7 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. nitrofuran
- 231-2162375-1 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DSEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 231-2162518-6 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DSEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 231-2162446-0 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DSEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 231-2164326-2 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DSEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 082-0465767-3 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. radionuclide
Data and downloads
Download all 454 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 2026-10-01. To get new ones for Indonesia by email, watch Indonesia.
Indonesia country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →