Argentina — Vegetables and Vegetable Products
Argentina received 12 FDA import refusals in Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2024-Q4, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, filth, and inadequate process control. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Argentina, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import vegetables and vegetable products from Argentina
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 12 refusals in the last 3 years, 11 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (5); DNEI — Northeast (4); DWCI — West Coast (3).
- Riskiest months
- March, October, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (9), filth (2), poisonous or deleterious substance (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- inadequate process control (1), no manufacturer name (1), no net quantity (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-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables-Other | 12 | 5,095 t | 71.8 | pesticide residue |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 12 | 5,095 t |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- AMN-0113062-0 BLACK BEANS Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 9DH-0078646-2 GARLIC BULB (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 826-0251633-6 BLACK BEAN, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- M13-1356082-7 MUNG BEAN Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 739-6328162-8 SWEET POTATO, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. inadequate process control
- F57-7276084-3 MUNG BEAN Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-1964391-2 MUNG BEAN Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- SQ4-0528758-3 GARBANZO BEAN Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- SQ4-0528727-8 GARBANZO BEAN, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. poisonous or deleterious substancepesticide residue
- SQ4-0514328-1 GARBANZO BEAN Import division DNBI. pesticide residueno manufacturer nameno net quantity
- 9DH-0061551-3 GARLIC BULB (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. filth
- 9DH-0057006-4 GARLIC BULB (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. filth
- SCS-3617886-4 MUNG BEAN Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 9AH-0003147-7 MUNG BEAN Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- NM2-2006724-0 GARLIC BULB (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. insanitary conditions
- 9AH-0001691-6 MUNG BEAN Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 16 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 2026-07-24. To get new ones for Argentina by email, watch Argentina.
Argentina country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →