China — Fruit and Fruit Products — Fruit-Other
China received 152 FDA import refusals in Fruit-Other, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 27 in 2025-Q3, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, unsafe color additive, and color not declared. 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 fruit-other from China
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 157 refusals in the last 3 years, 151 were hazard findings and 6 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (86); DNEI — Northeast (60); DSEI — Southeast (5).
- Riskiest months
- July, January, December, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (103), unsafe color additive (25), pesticide residue (20), unfit for food (5), melamine (4).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (22), no manufacturer name (8), no net quantity (6).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- H95-0122750-1 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. filth
- KX2-0090799-9 HAW, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- AWJ-0326435-0 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 9EX-2608518-6 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- AWJ-0325326-2 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 8UE-0369490-7 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- 9EX-2608359-5 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 9EX-2608203-5 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- FY1-4103556-5 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 04Y-1187022-1 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. filth
- 9EX-2608239-9 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 9EX-2608544-2 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 9EX-2608545-9 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 9EX-2607150-9 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 9EX-2608238-1 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 9EX-2607398-4 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 9EX-2607184-8 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- TZ6-6178891-7 HAW, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- K80-2177755-3 HAW, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 8UE-0365046-1 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 332 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 →