Thailand — Fishery/Seafood Products
Thailand received 117 FDA import refusals in Fishery/Seafood Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 29 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, filth, and insanitary plant. 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 fishery/seafood products from Thailand
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 124 refusals in the last 3 years, 115 were hazard findings and 9 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (41); DWCI — West Coast (39); DSEI — Southeast (36).
- Riskiest months
- March, May, February, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (60), Salmonella (29), insanitary plant (20), veterinary drug residue (7), insanitary handling (5).
- Paperwork to get right
- HACCP failure (7), not in English (5), ingredients not listed (4).
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 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 29 | 27 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish-Other | 104 | — | — | filth |
| Shrimp-Prawn | 14 | — | — | veterinary drug residue |
| Tuna | 6 | — | — | histamine |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- B3T-2601014-9 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DNBI. histaminenutrition labeling
- AEK-9664845-4 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. insanitary plant
- D97-2288109-8 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- 8TQ-0159848-9 CRAB Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- EVJ-1264207-3 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filthHACCP failureinsanitary conditions
- EVJ-1265504-2 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
- 471-0266567-7 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- G05-1143780-1 BARRACUDA Import division DWCI. filth
- 521-0112062-5 TREVALLY Import division DSEI. filth
- KM6-3686197-3 SNAILS, AQUATIC, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- SCS-2008457-8 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
- KM6-3683866-6 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- AEK-9743675-0 CRAB Import division DSEI. filth
- KM6-3684756-8 PERCH, FRESH WATER (YELLOW, LAKE) Import division DNBI. Salmonella
- KM6-3678911-7 CARP Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- KM6-3675962-3 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- KM6-3677071-1 CARP Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- SCS-7938577-6 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth
- KM6-3678632-9 CARP Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handlingSalmonella
- KM6-3676725-3 CARP Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
Data and downloads
Download all 203 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 2026-10-22. To get new ones for Thailand by email, watch Thailand.
Thailand country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →