Vietnam — Fishery/Seafood Products — Shrimp-Prawn
Vietnam received 33 FDA import refusals in Shrimp-Prawn, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 6 in 2026-Q1, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are nitrofuran, veterinary drug residue, and bulking agent added. 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 shrimp-prawn from Vietnam
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 34 refusals in the last 3 years, 34 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (14); DNEI — Northeast (10); DSEI — Southeast (7).
- Riskiest months
- July, February, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- veterinary drug residue (14), nitrofuran (12), Salmonella (6), poisonous chlorinated compound (5), bulking agent added (3).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (2).
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 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 8RG-2688971-3 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 8TH-0055149-7 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residuenitrofurannutrition labeling
- 082-0472388-9 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. nitrofuran
- 8TQ-0158495-0 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0470763-5 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residue
- 9EX-2512078-6 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- KM6-3666734-7 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 082-0466768-0 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. bulking agent added
- 8P5-0086293-0 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DSEI. nitrofuran
- 8TH-0043728-3 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. bulking agent added
- 8P5-0078727-7 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DSEI. nitrofuran
- 082-0466421-6 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. poisonous chlorinated compound
- 8P5-0079551-0 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0466782-1 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0466587-4 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- AQZ-0594792-7 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. bulking agent added
- 406-0615618-6 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- 082-0463566-1 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 082-0461002-9 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. nitrofuran
- 082-0461806-3 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. poisonous chlorinated compound
Data and downloads
Download all 65 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 2026-10-01. To get new ones for Vietnam by email, watch Vietnam.
Vietnam country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →