Afghanistan — Fruit and Fruit Products — Fruit-Other
Afghanistan received 8 FDA import refusals in Fruit-Other, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, filth, and no process filing. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Afghanistan, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import fruit-other from Afghanistan
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 7 refusals in the last 3 years, 6 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (4); DWCI — West Coast (2); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (4), filth (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- ingredients not listed (1), no process filing (1).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- EUG-0043453-0 MIXED FRUIT, DRIED OR PASTE, N.E.C., Import division DWCI. no process filing
- 823-0223200-2 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 115-0120229-2 TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- 823-0216650-7 BARBERRY Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedpesticide residue
- 823-0216712-5 OTHER FRUITS, MIXED, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 823-0214478-5 BARBERRY Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- GJ8-0224684-4 TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- BXM-0036433-0 TAMARIND, JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES, MARMALADE, BUTTER OR CANDIED Import division DWCI. filth
- EUG-0025314-6 BARBERRY, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- 799-7305613-7 OTHER FRUIT AND FRUIT PRODUCTS, DRIED AND PASTE, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. pesticide residuemycotoxin
- EUG-0021750-5 TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 11 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 2026-06-05. To get new ones for Afghanistan by email, watch Afghanistan.
Afghanistan country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →