Afghanistan — Fruit and Fruit Products — Stone-Fruit
Afghanistan received 7 FDA import refusals in Stone-Fruit, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are sulfites not declared, pesticide residue, and not in English. Measured against US import value, that runs at 2,169 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Afghanistan over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import stone-fruit from Afghanistan
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 7 refusals in the last 3 years, 4 were hazard findings and 3 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (5); DWCI — West Coast (2).
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (2), filth (1), Salmonella (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- sulfites not declared (6), no manufacturer name (1), ingredients not listed (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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- 158-2605320-7 APRICOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. sulfites not declared
- 823-0217117-6 CHERRY, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 158-2502897-8 APRICOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. sulfites not declared
- 165-0620124-9 APRICOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. not in Englishnutrition labelingSalmonellasulfites not declared+1 more
- 823-0215123-6 PLUM, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. sulfites not declaredpesticide residue
- 165-0613067-9 APRICOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. sulfites not declaredfilthno manufacturer name
- 165-0612090-2 APRICOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. sulfites not declared
- 799-1302711-6 APRICOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. sulfites not declared
- EUG-0025312-0 PLUM, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. no manufacturer nameno net quantitynot in Englishlead
- 799-4379651-5 CHERRY, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 799-4161056-9 CHERRY, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
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 2026-06-17. To get new ones for Afghanistan by email, watch Afghanistan.
Afghanistan country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →