Vietnam — Fishery/Seafood Products — Fish-Other
Vietnam received 142 FDA import refusals in Fish-Other, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 26 in 2025-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are veterinary drug residue, Salmonella, and HACCP failure. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Vietnam, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import fish-other from Vietnam
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 149 refusals in the last 3 years, 145 were hazard findings and 4 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (84); DNEI — Northeast (38); DSEI — Southeast (17).
- Riskiest months
- July, June, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- Salmonella (56), filth (46), veterinary drug residue (27), insanitary conditions (14), insanitary plant (8).
- Paperwork to get right
- HACCP failure (11), no net quantity (7), nutrition labeling (5).
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 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- KM6-3684852-5 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- DK3-0793658-5 GOBY Import division DSWI. HACCP failureinsanitary conditions
- 8NP-0813263-5 SCAD Import division DWCI. HACCP failureinsanitary conditionsSalmonella
- D97-2315903-1 GROUPERS Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residue
- 9EX-2605877-9 AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, N.E.C., Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residuenutrition labeling
- KM6-3678700-4 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. veterinary drug residueno net quantity
- EVJ-1262015-2 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- CDX-0091126-5 MAHI MAHI Import division DSEI. filthSalmonella
- KM6-3679103-0 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. no net quantitySalmonella
- AVV-9997731-0 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. HACCP failureinsanitary conditions
- 8NP-0813009-2 SCAD Import division DWCI. HACCP failureinsanitary conditions
- 8NP-0813040-7 SCAD Import division DWCI. HACCP failureinsanitary conditions
- 8N5-0028313-1 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. filth
- KM6-3674604-2 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- GL5-5452056-6 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- 9EX-2601690-0 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- EVJ-1255370-0 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- GL5-5453895-6 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- HK1-2505194-4 FISH MAW, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filthnot to standard of identity
- 9QG-0059480-1 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 293 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 2026-10-07. To get new ones for Vietnam by email, watch Vietnam.
Vietnam country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →