Brazil — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch — Rice

Above the median. Brazil ranks 4th of 7 origins shipping rice to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 46.6 — above 50% of them.

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Brazil received 6 FDA import refusals in Rice, part of Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2024-Q4 and 2025-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q1. The most-cited issue is pesticide. Measured against US import value, that runs at 46.6 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Brazil over the last 3 years.

Of these, 6 were hazard refusals and 0 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 4 quarters

1 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 1 3 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 3 1 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 1 1 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 1

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