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In January 2024, India, the leading exporter of shrimp to the U.S. for a decade, shipped 20,055 MT or 44 million pounds of shrimp to the U.S., a decrease from the 24,497 MT or 54 million pounds sent in January 2023. Meanwhile, Ecuador exported 17,648 MT or 38 million pounds of shrimp to the U.S. in January 2024, down from 18,718 MT or 41 million pounds in the same period last year. Indonesia sent 11,387 MT or 25 million pounds of shrimp to the U.S. in January 2024, lower than the 14,158 MT or 31 million pounds sent in January 2023.
Other top shrimp exporters to the U.S. in January 2024 included Vietnam, Mexico, Thailand, Argentina, China, Canada, and Guyana.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that 16 seafood entry lines were refused entry to the U.S. in 2024, four of which involved shrimp from Thailand, India, Vietnam, and Japan due to contamination from banned antibiotics.
Devi Seafoods based in Visakhapatnam, India, received an import alert for a shipment containing nitrofurans, recorded on 1 February. Thai Union, based in Thailand, was placed on Import Alert 16-124 for ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole found in its 27 February shipment. Fimex, based in Vietnam, received an import alert for "Detention Without Physical Examination of Crustaceans Due to Chloramphenicol" on 22 January and another for Chloramphenicol findings on 5 February. Kader Exports, based in Mumbai, India, received an import alert for leucomalachite green found in its shrimp shipment on 22 January. Calcutta Seafoods, also based in India, received Import Alert 16-129, "Detention Without Physical Examination of Seafood Products Due to Nitrofurans," on 16 February. Lastly, Japan-based Tokoro Fisheries Cooperative Association had one entry line refused due to shrimp contamination with veterinary drug residues and unsafe additives reported on 6 February.
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