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

China received 10 FDA import refusals in Wheat, part of Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are melamine, poisonous or deleterious substance, and unfit for food. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from China, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

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Key figures

If you import wheat from China

Hazard or paperwork: Of 10 refusals in the last 3 years, 10 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
Where refusals happen: DNEI — Northeast (5); DWCI — West Coast (5).
Riskiest months: August, January, April, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: melamine (8), poisonous or deleterious substance (3), unfit for food (2), pesticide residue (1), unsafe color additive (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

hazard findings labelling & registration

Show the numbers

Quarter	Refusals	Hazard
2024-Q1	0	0
2024-Q2	0	0
2024-Q3	1	1
2024-Q4	1	1
2025-Q1	0	0
2025-Q2	0	0
2025-Q3	0	0
2025-Q4	0	0
2026-Q1	2	2
2026-Q2	2	2
2026-Q3	2	2
2026-Q4	2	2

Recent refusals

NFT-2095398-9 2026-10-15 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamineunfit for food
8BL-0050440-2 2026-10-05 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DNEI. melamine
8BL-0051174-6 2026-08-26 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
EKH-1061784-6 2026-08-03 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DWCI. melamine
1FX-3790345-6 2026-04-16 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DWCI. melamine
8BL-0043109-3 2026-04-02 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivepesticide residue
U47-2517062-3 2026-01-30 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DWCI. melamine
8BL-0039558-7 2026-01-13 GLUTEN, WHEAT Import division DWCI. melamine
EJ2-0168381-3 2024-12-03 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamineunfit for food
TZ6-6138877-5 2024-09-20 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DNEI. melamine
83M-0013686-3 2023-03-20 GLUTEN, WHEAT Import division DNEI. melamine
83M-0013968-5 2023-01-25 GLUTEN, WHEAT Import division DWCI. melamine
9SB-0512922-1 2022-08-18 WHEAT STARCH Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
W33-2104513-8 2022-02-11 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamineunfit for food
799-5328954-2 2021-10-28 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DNBI. melamine
EJG-0267658-9 2021-04-06 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DSEI. melamineno acidified-food filing
9SB-0014091-8 2021-03-22 WHEAT FLOUR, GLUTEN Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamineunfit for food
8UU-0004409-9 2021-01-15 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamine
K09-0081410-2 2020-11-05 GLUTEN, WHEAT Import division DNEI. melamine
K09-0081145-4 2020-09-16 GLUTEN, WHEAT Import division DNEI. melamine

Data and downloads

Download all 25 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.

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China country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →