Vietnam — Fishery/Seafood Products
Vietnam received 189 FDA import refusals in Fishery/Seafood Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 31 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 fishery/seafood products from Vietnam
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 201 refusals in the last 3 years, 197 were hazard findings and 4 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (108); DNEI — Northeast (52); DSEI — Southeast (26).
- Riskiest months
- July, June, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- Salmonella (68), filth (58), veterinary drug residue (41), nitrofuran (20), insanitary conditions (14).
- Paperwork to get right
- HACCP failure (11), no net quantity (7), nutrition labeling (7).
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 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish-Other | 149 | — | — | Salmonella |
| Shrimp-Prawn | 34 | — | — | veterinary drug residue |
| Tuna | 15 | — | — | filth |
| Squid-Octopus | 3 | — | — | filth |
"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
- KM6-3684852-5 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 8RG-2688971-3 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- DK3-0793658-5 GOBY Import division DSWI. HACCP failureinsanitary conditions
- 8NP-0813263-5 SCAD Import division DWCI. HACCP failureinsanitary conditionsSalmonella
- 8TH-0055149-7 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residuenitrofurannutrition labeling
- 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
- 082-0472388-9 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. nitrofuran
- 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
Data and downloads
Download all 401 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 →