China — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Leafy
Higher risk. China ranks 1st of 4 origins shipping leafy to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 1,404 — the highest of them.
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China received 13 FDA import refusals in Leafy, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q1 and 2025-Q4. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide, mfr insan, and mfr inj. Measured against US import value, that runs at 1,404 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from China over the last 3 years.
Of these, 13 were hazard refusals and 0 were paperwork refusals.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Recent rejections
- NW9-0011496-0 DNBISPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 9EX-2507870-3 DWCICABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) mfr insanmfr inj
- WDA-0030296-3 DWCISPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- WDA-0030277-3 DWCISPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 9EX-2502345-1 DWCICABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) refuse ei
- 9SB-1209124-0 DNEICHINESE CABBAGE, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 9SB-1111224-5 DNEICHINESE CABBAGE, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 032-0598289-9 DSEISPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 300-1661420-9 DNBISPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- NW9-0009581-3 DNBISPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- EKH-0820876-4 DNEISPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) pesticide
- EKH-0821341-8 DNEISPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) pesticide
- 675-4923337-6 DWCISPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 9SB-0015086-7 DNEICHINESE CABBAGE, DRIED OR PASTE no english
- FS2-2150141-4 DNEISPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 300-2164628-6 DNBISPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- WDA-0028389-0 DWCISPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide