Chile — Fruit and Fruit Products — Tropical
Chile received 13 FDA import refusals in Tropical, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2022-Q4 and 2025-Q2. Volume peaked at 6 in 2022-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issue is pesticide residue. Measured against US import value, that runs at 21.4 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 tropical from Chile
Below the median. Chile ranks 11th of 15 origins shipping tropical to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 21.4 — above 29% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 14,987 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 7th highest refusal rate of 10 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (4); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- December, May, November, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (5).
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 11 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q4 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- NM2-2291730-1 KIWI FRUIT (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- NM2-2291733-5 KIWI FRUIT (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- NM2-2291732-7 KIWI FRUIT (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- SCS-6726240-6 AVOCADO (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- F23-9314221-1 KIWI FRUIT (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 97E-0414845-9 KIWI FRUIT (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 97E-0384623-6 AVOCADO (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 113-0753670-4 AVOCADO (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 113-0742711-0 AVOCADO (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 97E-0384619-4 AVOCADO (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 97E-0384616-0 AVOCADO (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 113-0705766-9 AVOCADO (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 97E-0381616-3 AVOCADO (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 13 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 2025-06-03. To get new ones for Chile by email, watch Chile.
Chile country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →