Products · HS 1605
Prepared shrimp & seafood: imports into Poland, prices and border checks
Cooked and breaded shrimp, canned crab meat, prepared squid and octopus, mussels in sauce.
How much Poland imports
- All imports, 2025€23.1 m+7%2021–2025, change vs 2024
- From outside the EU€6.6 m28% of all imports. The rest comes through other EU countries.
- Largest supplier outside the EUVietnam€2.7 m in 2025
Where Poland buys prepared shrimp & seafood, 2025
- NetherlandsEU€4.3 m18%-2%
- BelgiumEU€3.6 m16%+99%
- GermanyEU€3.4 m15%-6%
- Vietnam€2.7 m12%-35%
- SpainEU€2.4 m11%+23%
- Ecuador€1.6 m7%+462%
- DenmarkEU€1.4 m6%-42%
- Chile€694 k3%+44%
- United States€679 k3%–
- SwedenEU€586 k3%-6%
- China€486 k2%+21%
- ItalyEU€423 k2%+1%
Asian and other focus origins
- Vietnam€2.7 m12%-35%
- Indonesia€00.0%–
- Thailand€5 k0.0%–
- India€00.0%–
- China€486 k2%+21%
- Malaysia€30.0%–
- Bangladesh€60 k0.3%–
Imports into Poland by country of origin, € (Eurostat Comext, HS 1605). Goods cleared in another EU country first are counted as imports from that country, so Asian products reach Poland in larger amounts than the direct figures show.
Prices per kg and this year's trend
Who checks it at the Polish border
IJHARS: commercial quality and labels
Not on the listHeading 1605 is not on the IJHARS import list. Raw crustaceans (0306) are, from 0.1 t.
The importer notifies the regional IJHARS office (form SWW05, also online through PUESC). IJHARS checks documents, labelling and packaging and may take samples; there is no fee unless the product fails.
Sanepid: food safety
Not on the listSeafood is checked by the veterinary inspection, not Sanepid.
Veterinary inspection
Every consignmentEvery consignment: approved country and plant, health certificate, CHED-P in TRACES and a check at an EU border control post. Farmed shrimp also requires your country's EU-approved residue plan.
Also check
- Veterinary drug residues in farmed shrimp are the most common EU alert for Asian seafood.
- Sulphites above 10 mg/kg must be declared as an allergen.
Sources: IJHARS import list: Regulation of 18 Jan 2013, annex of 2 Jun 2023 (Dz.U. 2023 poz. 1153); Sanitary border control list: Regulation of 8 Dec 2011 (Dz.U. 2011 nr 272 poz. 1612). Your exact 8-digit code decides; confirm it with your customs agent.
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Next step
The rules for the recipe, the documents and the Polish label are in our guide Exporting canned fish and seafood to Poland.