China — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch — Wheat

Higher risk. China ranks 1st of 5 origins shipping wheat to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 3,783 — the highest of them.

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China received 8 FDA import refusals in Wheat, part of Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are melamine, poisonous, and unfit4food. Measured against US import value, that runs at 3,783 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from China over the last 3 years.

Of these, 8 were hazard refusals and 0 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

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

Recent rejections