Chile — Fruit and Fruit Products — Stone-Fruit
Chile received 10 FDA import refusals in Stone-Fruit, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 5 in 2024-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, poisonous or deleterious substance, and Listeria monocytogenes. Measured against US import value, that runs at 11.7 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 stone-fruit from Chile
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 10 refusals in the last 3 years, 10 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 22,595 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (8); DSEI — Southeast (1); DWCI — West Coast (1).
- Riskiest months
- April, March, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (5), Listeria monocytogenes (2), poisonous or deleterious substance (2), filth (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-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 8TG-0042649-3 CHERRY FRUIT (PIT FRUIT) Import division DSEI. filth
- 97E-0559111-1 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 97E-0559113-7 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 97E-0556802-8 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 113-3155279-2 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 97E-0466277-2 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 97E-0464809-4 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 97E-0461271-0 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- 97E-0465072-8 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 97E-0459522-0 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- 231-0112685-9 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 231-7248042-4 CHERRY FRUIT (PIT FRUIT) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 8AE-0054022-4 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 97E-0286456-0 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 97E-0285453-8 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residuepoisonous or deleterious substance
- 97E-0287519-4 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 97E-0284103-0 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residuepoisonous or deleterious substance
- 97E-0285212-8 NECTARINE (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 97E-0283225-2 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 97E-0281783-2 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
Data and downloads
Download all 35 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 2026-04-30. To get new ones for Chile by email, watch Chile.
Chile country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →