Canada — Soft Drinks and Waters — Soft-Drinks

Lower risk. Canada ranks 12th of 12 origins shipping soft-drinks to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 12.6 — the lowest of them.

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Canada received 21 FDA import refusals in Soft-Drinks, part of Soft Drinks and Waters between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are nutrit lbl, lacks n/c, and unsafe col. Measured against US import value, that runs at 12.6 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Canada over the last 3 years.

Of these, 14 were hazard refusals and 7 were paperwork refusals.

Exporting from Canada? Get an email when shipments from Canada are refused at the US border — before your buyers ask.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

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

Recent rejections