China — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Leafy
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 residue, insanitary plant, and insanitary handling. Measured against US import value, that runs at 1,264 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 leafy from China
Higher risk. China ranks 1st of 4 origins shipping leafy to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 1,264 — the highest of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 9 refusals in the last 3 years, 9 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (4); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (2); DNEI — Northeast (2).
- Riskiest months
- August, October, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (7), insanitary handling (1), insanitary plant (1), refused establishment inspection (1).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- NW9-0011496-0 SPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 9EX-2507870-3 CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- WDA-0030296-3 SPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- WDA-0030277-3 SPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 9EX-2502345-1 CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. refused establishment inspection
- 9SB-1209124-0 CHINESE CABBAGE, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 9SB-1111224-5 CHINESE CABBAGE, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 032-0598289-9 SPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 300-1661420-9 SPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- NW9-0009581-3 SPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- EKH-0820876-4 SPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- EKH-0821341-8 SPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 675-4923337-6 SPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 9SB-0015086-7 CHINESE CABBAGE, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. not in English
- FS2-2150141-4 SPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 300-2164628-6 SPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- WDA-0028389-0 SPINACH, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 17 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
The file holds entries up to 2025-10-23. To get new ones for China by email, watch China.
China country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →