Thailand — Fishery/Seafood Products — Shrimp-Prawn
Thailand received 14 FDA import refusals in Shrimp-Prawn, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q1, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are veterinary drug residue, Salmonella, and filth. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Thailand, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import shrimp-prawn from Thailand
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 14 refusals in the last 3 years, 13 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (8); DWCI — West Coast (5); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- May, February, March, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- veterinary drug residue (7), filth (4), Salmonella (4), nitrofuran (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- ingredients not listed (1), HACCP failure (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- D97-2288109-8 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- 471-0266567-7 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- CHQ-2228453-5 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- CHQ-2205026-6 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residue
- 655-3004690-6 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residue
- EH3-2475724-2 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DNEI. filthSalmonella
- KM6-3635541-4 SHRIMP PASTE, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. HACCP failure
- W96-3604342-9 SHRIMP PASTE, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedfilth
- KM6-3620613-8 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. filthSalmonella
- 906-0421590-8 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- KM6-3614885-0 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. filthSalmonella
- 906-0416426-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- 906-0419891-4 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 906-0406213-6 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. nitrofuran
- AD3-0472533-7 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DNBI. filth
- SCS-7574895-7 SHRIMP PASTE, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. HACCP failureaflatoxin
- KM6-3592401-2 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- KM6-3577608-1 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. filthSalmonella
- 8TH-0011452-8 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- 8TH-0012406-3 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
Data and downloads
Download all 39 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 2026-09-15. To get new ones for Thailand by email, watch Thailand.
Thailand country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →