China — Fruit and Fruit Products — Tropical
China received 30 FDA import refusals in Tropical, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 7 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, pesticide residue, and listing refusal. Measured against US import value, that runs at 1,812 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from China over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import tropical from China
Higher risk. China ranks 3rd of 15 origins shipping tropical to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 1,812 — above 86% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 31 refusals in the last 3 years, 30 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 290 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the highest refusal rate of 10 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (19); DWCI — West Coast (11); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- April, December, October, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (26), pesticide residue (3), refused establishment inspection (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- listing refusal (2).
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 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- DBH-2001920-8 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. filth
- N4W-0026043-1 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- DBM-2512026-0 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- DBM-2602034-5 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- 224-5111487-4 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- NPG-7012564-9 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- DBM-2512007-0 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- DBM-2510044-5 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- 8JH-0134984-6 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- FY1-4085434-7 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. refused establishment inspectionlisting refusal
- 231-6414499-7 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. listing refusal
- F23-9341730-8 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. filth
- 8BL-0037168-7 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 274-2503443-9 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- SCS-3665713-3 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. filth
- TZ6-6148950-8 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- TZ6-6152638-2 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- ES6-4056249-3 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- ES6-4056245-1 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- TZ6-6138492-3 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 89 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 →