Nicaragua — Fishery/Seafood Products — Fish-Other

Nicaragua received 9 FDA import refusals in Fish-Other, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q4, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, HACCP failure, and Salmonella. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Nicaragua, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

Key figures

If you import fish-other from Nicaragua

Hazard or paperwork: Of 9 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 4 paperwork alone.
Where refusals happen: DSEI — Southeast (5); DNEI — Northeast (2); DWCI — West Coast (2).
Riskiest months: January, February, December, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: filth (4), Salmonella (1).
Paperwork to get right: HACCP failure (4), not in English (1), nutrition labeling (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.

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Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters

hazard findings labelling & registration

Show the numbers

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

Recent refusals

D97-2349635-9 2026-09-17 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. filth
D77-3002917-1 2026-03-09 SEA CUCUMBER, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES Import division DNEI. HACCP failure
8UE-0217268-1 2025-05-05 SEA CUCUMBER, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES Import division DWCI. HACCP failure
B5Q-0006752-9 2025-05-01 SEA CUCUMBER, COLD SMOKED, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES Import division DNEI. HACCP failure
E4P-0091734-4 2025-03-14 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. Salmonella
AQZ-0595534-2 2024-11-25 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
RC9-0033599-8 2024-11-01 SPINY LOBSTER, ROCK LOBSTER Import division DSEI. filthnot in Englishnutrition labeling
RC9-0033552-7 2024-10-18 SPINY LOBSTER, ROCK LOBSTER Import division DSEI. filth
D97-1960649-0 2023-10-11 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. HACCP failure
EVR-0131739-0 2023-08-31 SEA CUCUMBER, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES Import division DWCI. HACCP failure
RC9-0032227-7 2023-02-28 GROUPERS Import division DSEI. filth
D97-1793952-1 2023-01-30 FLOUNDER (ARROWTOOTH, DAB, FLUKE) Import division DSEI. Salmonella
RC9-0032092-5 2023-01-25 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. filth
RC9-0031976-0 2022-12-15 GROUPERS Import division DSEI. filth
83S-0009265-4 2022-12-06 SNAPPER (RED, GRAY, MALABAR, ETC.) Import division DSEI. filth
RC9-0031420-9 2022-06-08 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. filth
EVR-0105919-0 2022-02-23 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
EVR-0107220-1 2022-02-23 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
BLW-0593274-0 2020-12-09 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
799-4452728-0 2020-01-28 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth

Data and downloads

Download all 20 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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Nicaragua country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →