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

1 2023-Q1 2023-Q1: 1 0 2023-Q2 2023-Q2: 0 2 2023-Q3 2023-Q3: 2 1 2023-Q4 2023-Q4: 1 0 2024-Q1 2024-Q1: 0 0 2024-Q2 2024-Q2: 0 1 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 1 1 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 1 2 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 2 1 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 1 3 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 3 1 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 1

Recent rejections