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FDA Import Refusals — US Import Refusals per Tonne Imported, by Country and Commodity

What it is. Live tracker of US import-refusal trends from the public FDA Import Refusal Report FDA Import Refusal = an entry FDA examined and refused admission into US commerce, most often for appearing adulterated or misbranded under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Hazard refusal — the charge names a safety finding: a pathogen, toxin, residue or other hazard in the product itself. Paperwork refusal — the charge is a labelling or registration failure, with no hazard finding against the product. Import division — the FDA division that processed the entry and issued the refusal. The FDA Import Refusal Report is the public dataset FDA publishes for entries refused admission. This dashboard pulls that data weekly and republishes it; it is not an FDA product and is not affiliated with or endorsed by FDA. . Origin countries shaded by chosen metric; click a country (or a row in the leaderboard) to drill into quarterly history and recent refusals.

How to use. The default lens is 1 refusal per X t ⭑: tonnes imported for every refusal, counting only products whose own US import tonnes are on record, so an origin that simply ships more, or ships in bigger lots, does not top the table on volume alone. Pick a period and a category (or subcategory) to scope the comparison; switch Color by to fall back to absolute counts or the simpler % deltas when you need them.

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Origin
The country of origin declared for the article on the entry — not the country it shipped from, and not where the firm is based. A refusal is recorded against that country even when the shipper, the importer and the port of entry are all somewhere else.
United States
233 refusals (0.9% of the corpus) declare the United States as the article's country of origin — US-origin goods offered for entry, chiefly American goods returned after export. They read differently from the rest of the corpus: 55% are paperwork refusals rather than safety findings, against 27% across every origin.
Import division
FDA processes import entries through five divisions, and the refusal carries the code of the one that handled it: DNEI Northeast, DSEI Southeast, DWCI West Coast, DSWI Southwest and DNBI North Border. The last two are the land borders — DSWI is the Mexican one and DNBI the Canadian — so the split says as much about the route a consignment took as about the product. Codes before 2018 name district offices instead and are not comparable; this site starts at 2020.
Hazard and paperwork
A refusal is counted as a hazard finding when any of its charges is a safety one — filth, pathogens, residues, contaminants, unsafe additives — and as paperwork otherwise: labelling, registration, and missing or incorrect filings. An entry refused for both is a hazard. More than a quarter of US food refusals are paperwork alone, and a league table that mixes them is not comparable with anything.
Shaded, hatched, plain
A shaded country has a value for the metric you have selected. A hatched one has refusals in this selection but no value for that metric — usually no published trade baseline to divide by — so it is counted but not ranked. A plain grey country has no refusals in this selection at all.
Entries, not lines
One refused entry can carry many product lines; one in this corpus carried 201. Everything here counts entries, so a count is a number of consignments refused, not a number of products.
Fiji: no recent refusals Tanzania: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fishery/Seafood Products W. Sahara: no recent refusals Canada: 37 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories United States: 11 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Kazakhstan: no recent refusals Uzbekistan: no recent refusals Papua New Guinea: no recent refusals Indonesia: 19 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Argentina: no recent refusals Chile: 8 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fruit and Fruit Products Dem. Rep. Congo: no recent refusals Somalia: no recent refusals Kenya: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Sudan: no recent refusals Chad: no recent refusals Haiti: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Dominican Republic: 6 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Vegetables and Vegetable Products Russia: no recent refusals Bahamas: no recent refusals Falkland Is.: no recent refusals Norway: no recent refusals Greenland: no recent refusals Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: no recent refusals Timor-Leste: no recent refusals South Africa: 4 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Lesotho: no recent refusals Mexico: 114 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Uruguay: no recent refusals Brazil: 11 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Bolivia: no recent refusals Peru: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Colombia: 7 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans Panama: no recent refusals Costa Rica: 4 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum Nicaragua: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Honduras: 7 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories El Salvador: 12 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Guatemala: 23 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Belize: no recent refusals Venezuela: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Chocolate and Cocoa Products Guyana: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fishery/Seafood Products Suriname: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fishery/Seafood Products France: 3 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Ecuador: 3 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fishery/Seafood Products Puerto Rico: no recent refusals Jamaica: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Cuba: no recent refusals Zimbabwe: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Beverage Bases Botswana: no recent refusals Namibia: no recent refusals Senegal: 3 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fruit and Fruit Products Mali: no recent refusals Mauritania: no recent refusals Benin: no recent refusals Niger: no recent refusals Nigeria: 17 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fishery/Seafood Products Cameroon: no recent refusals Togo: no recent refusals Ghana: 5 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Ivory Coast: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fishery/Seafood Products Guinea: no recent refusals Guinea-Bissau: no recent refusals Liberia: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans Sierra Leone: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Spices, Flavors, and Salts Burkina Faso: no recent refusals Central African Rep.: no recent refusals Congo: no recent refusals Gabon: no recent refusals Eq. Guinea: no recent refusals Zambia: no recent refusals Malawi: no recent refusals Mozambique: no recent refusals eSwatini: no recent refusals Angola: no recent refusals Burundi: no recent refusals Israel: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements Lebanon: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Madagascar: no recent refusals Palestine: no recent refusals Gambia: no recent refusals Tunisia: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fruit and Fruit Products Algeria: no recent refusals Jordan: 5 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories United Arab Emirates: 5 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Spices, Flavors, and Salts Qatar: no recent refusals Kuwait: no recent refusals Iraq: no recent refusals Oman: no recent refusals Vanuatu: no recent refusals Cambodia: 3 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fruit and Fruit Products Thailand: 44 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Laos: no recent refusals Myanmar: 5 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fishery/Seafood Products Vietnam: 24 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories North Korea: no recent refusals South Korea: 10 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Mongolia: no recent refusals India: 198 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Bangladesh: 6 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Bhutan: no recent refusals Nepal: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum Pakistan: 9 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Afghanistan: 6 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fruit and Fruit Products Tajikistan: no recent refusals Kyrgyzstan: no recent refusals Turkmenistan: no recent refusals Iran: no recent refusals Syria: no recent refusals Armenia: no recent refusals Sweden: 24 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum Belarus: no recent refusals Ukraine: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum Poland: 8 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Austria: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum Hungary: no recent refusals Moldova: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Vegetables and Vegetable Products Romania: no recent refusals Lithuania: no recent refusals Latvia: no recent refusals Estonia: no recent refusals Germany: 6 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Bulgaria: no recent refusals Greece: no recent refusals Turkey: 15 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Albania: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans Croatia: no recent refusals Switzerland: 4 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Baby (Infant and Junior) Food Products Luxembourg: no recent refusals Belgium: no recent refusals Netherlands: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Vegetables and Vegetable Products Portugal: 7 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Spain: 3 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Ireland: no recent refusals New Caledonia: no recent refusals Solomon Is.: no recent refusals New Zealand: no recent refusals Australia: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Sri Lanka: 21 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans China: 118 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Taiwan: 12 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Italy: 8 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Denmark: 5 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Baby (Infant and Junior) Food Products United Kingdom: 21 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Baby (Infant and Junior) Food Products Iceland: no recent refusals Azerbaijan: no recent refusals Georgia: 5 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Soft Drinks and Waters Philippines: 17 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Malaysia: 3 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Brunei: no recent refusals Slovenia: no recent refusals Finland: 2 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Slovakia: no recent refusals Czechia: no recent refusals Eritrea: no recent refusals Japan: 14 refusals in the last 12 weeks across multiple categories Paraguay: no recent refusals Yemen: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fishery/Seafood Products Saudi Arabia: no recent refusals Cyprus: no recent refusals Morocco: 1 refusal in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fruit and Fruit Products Egypt: 3 refusals in the last 12 weeks; mostly Fruit and Fruit Products Libya: no recent refusals Ethiopia: no recent refusals Djibouti: no recent refusals Uganda: no recent refusals Rwanda: no recent refusals Bosnia and Herz.: no recent refusals Macedonia: no recent refusals Serbia: no recent refusals Montenegro: no recent refusals Trinidad and Tobago: no recent refusals S. Sudan: no recent refusals

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