China — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch
China received 23 FDA import refusals in Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2025-Q3, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are melamine, pesticide, and poisonous. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from China, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Of these, 22 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 8 | 3,783 | melamine |
| Rice | 7 | 20.5 | pesticide |
| Grains-Starch-Other | 4 | — | unfit4food |
| Maize-Corn | 4 | — | melamine |
Recent rejections
- 8BL-0051174-6 DNEISOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER poisonous
- EKH-1061784-6 DWCISOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER melamine
- EKH-1029720-1 DNEITAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT needs fceno process
- 1FX-3790345-6 DWCISOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER melamine
- 8BL-0043109-3 DNEISOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER unsafe colpesticide
- EKH-1039083-2 DNEICORN, BOLTED MEAL OR FLOUR melamine
- U47-2517062-3 DWCISOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER melamine
- 8BL-0039558-7 DWCIGLUTEN, WHEAT melamine
- 8XT-0034728-0 DWCICORN, HOMINY GRITS melamine
- SCS-9376783-3 DSEIRICE PROTEIN unfit4food
- 9SB-0701625-1 DNEICORN, BOLTED MEAL OR FLOUR pesticide
- EKH-1023143-2 DNEIRICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. pesticide
- EKH-1019309-5 DNEIRICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. pesticide
- 799-1642786-9 DWCIRICE PROTEIN melamine
- 799-0041136-6 DWCIRICE PROTEIN pesticide
- 274-2500624-7 DNEICORN, PLAIN MEAL melamine
- EJ2-0168381-3 DWCISOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER poisonousmelamineunfit4food
- K09-0093960-2 DNEITAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT unsafe add
- TZ6-6138877-5 DNEISOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER melamine
- NXW-0001310-6 DWCIRICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. pesticide