Japan — Fishery/Seafood Products

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Japan received 36 FDA import refusals in Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 11 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are mfrhaccp, filthy, and no english. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Japan, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

Of these, 15 were hazard refusals and 21 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

1 2023-Q4 2023-Q4: 1 2 2024-Q1 2024-Q1: 2 4 2024-Q2 2024-Q2: 4 11 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 11 3 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 3 7 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 7 3 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 3 1 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 1 1 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 1 1 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 1 1 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 1 1 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 1

By commodity, last 156 weeks

Commodity Rejections Per $1B US imports Most-cited hazard
Fish-Other 32 mfrhaccp
Squid-Octopus 2 listeria
Tuna 1 refuse ei
Shrimp-Prawn 1 vetdrugres

Recent rejections