Brazil — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum — Candy

Below the median. Brazil ranks 15th of 21 origins shipping candy to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 134.5 — above 30% of them.

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Brazil received 27 FDA import refusals in Candy, part of Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 6 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are mfr insan, refuse ei, and 807refusal. Measured against US import value, that runs at 134.5 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Brazil over the last 3 years.

Of these, 21 were hazard refusals and 6 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

1 2023-Q4 2023-Q4: 1 0 2024-Q1 2024-Q1: 0 2 2024-Q2 2024-Q2: 2 1 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 1 2 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 2 0 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 0 3 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 3 4 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 4 2 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 2 1 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 1 5 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 5 6 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 6

Recent rejections