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
Recent rejections
- 557-3201139-4 DNEIRICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) pesticide
- 820-7079773-1 DSEIRICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. pesticide
- E4W-0032135-7 DSEIRICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) pesticide
- 655-2580885-7 DNEIRICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) pesticide
- 655-2590271-8 DNEIRICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) pesticide
- 655-2570126-8 DNEIRICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) pesticide