China — Fruit and Fruit Products
China received 207 FDA import refusals in Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 29 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, unsafe color additive, and pesticide residue. 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 and fruit products from China
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 213 refusals in the last 3 years, 206 were hazard findings and 7 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (107); DNEI — Northeast (86); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (8).
- Riskiest months
- July, December, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (130), pesticide residue (36), unsafe color additive (25), poisonous or deleterious substance (10), unfit for food (5).
- 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 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 26 | 23 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical | 31 | 290 t | 1,812 | filth |
| Citrus | 11 | 1,165 t | 772.3 | poisonous or deleterious substance |
| Fruit-Other | 157 | — | — | filth |
| Berries-Grapes | 10 | — | — | pesticide residue |
| Stone-Fruit | 4 | — | — | unsafe food additive |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 42 | 519 t |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
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
- DBH-2001920-8 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. 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
- 551-4164699-9 STRAWBERRIES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 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
- CHQ-2235162-3 ORANGE (CITRUS) Import division DSEI. lead
- 9EX-2608238-1 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- 9SB-0412626-9 PLUM, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. cyclamate
- 9EX-2607398-4 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 464 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 →