Afghanistan — All Categories
Afghanistan received 74 FDA import refusals across all food categories between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 10 in 2025-Q2, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filthy, pesticide, and false. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Afghanistan, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Of these, 68 were hazard refusals and 6 were paperwork refusals.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit and Fruit Products | 60 | — | pesticide |
| Spices, Flavors, and Salts | 2 | — | yellow #5 |
Recent rejections
- EAY-0052776-7 DWCISpices, Flavors, and SaltsMIXED SPICE AND SEAONINGS, WITHOUT SALT, N.E.C. filthy
- KM6-3677433-3 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- KM6-3678654-3 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 332-0299565-1 DWCIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) filthy
- 9VV-0052264-4 DWCIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE filthy
- AXJ-2500098-8 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) pesticide
- 823-0224557-4 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES, DRIED OR PASTE filthylacks firm
- 158-2605320-7 DWCIFruit and Fruit ProductsAPRICOT, DRIED OR PASTE sulfitelbl
- AY0-0137641-9 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) filthy
- EUG-0048236-4 DWCIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) filthy
- EUG-0043453-0 DWCIFruit and Fruit ProductsMIXED FRUIT, DRIED OR PASTE, N.E.C., no process
- 823-0223200-2 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsCHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 8KP-0072956-7 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- AY0-0136578-4 DWCIFruit and Fruit ProductsFIG, DRIED OR PASTE filthyunsafe colcolor lblg
- EUG-0048352-9 DWCIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) filthy
- 8NP-0142219-9 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsMULBERRY, DRIED OR PASTE filthyfalse
- 9R3-0030514-3 DNBINuts and Edible SeedsPISTACHIO, IN SHELL pesticidefalse
- 9R3-0030901-2 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE pesticidefilthy
- 823-0220216-1 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) pesticide
- 823-0220863-0 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) pesticide
Recent weeks
| Week | Border rejections |
|---|---|
| 2026-W38 | 0 |
| 2026-W37 | 0 |
| 2026-W36 | 0 |
| 2026-W35 | 0 |
| 2026-W34 | 0 |
| 2026-W33 | 0 |
| 2026-W32 | 0 |
| 2026-W31 | 2 |