Chile — Fruit and Fruit Products — Berries-Grapes
Chile received 49 FDA import refusals in Berries-Grapes, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 14 in 2025-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, insanitary plant, and insanitary handling. Measured against US import value, that runs at 17.1 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Chile over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import berries-grapes from Chile
Below the median. Chile ranks 6th of 8 origins shipping berries-grapes to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 17.1 — above 29% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 48 refusals in the last 3 years, 48 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 22,206 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 5th highest refusal rate of 7 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (19); DSEI — Southeast (9); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (8).
- Riskiest months
- October, June, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (35), filth (7), insanitary handling (5), insanitary plant (5), insanitary conditions (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 231-7584362-9 BLUEBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handlingpesticide residue
- 231-7584417-1 BLUEBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSEI. E. coli O157:H7
- EI5-4041505-3 BLUEBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 231-7583935-3 BLUEBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 231-7584077-3 BLUEBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 231-7579212-3 BLUEBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSEI. insanitary conditionsinsanitary handling
- E6G-0053164-5 BLACKBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F12-0076852-3 BLUEBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSEI. insanitary conditionsinsanitary plant
- BLS-9052918-1 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- E6G-0051448-4 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- E6G-0051434-4 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- DP4-1016016-3 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNEI. filth
- FV9-2505745-0 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- F12-0074535-6 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 8TG-0038566-5 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 8TG-0038656-4 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 8TG-0039768-6 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 390-5415648-2 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8TQ-0157465-4 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DWCI. pesticide residueno manufacturer nameno net quantity
- 820-2130989-1 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 75 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 2026-09-14. To get new ones for Chile by email, watch Chile.
Chile country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →