China — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Pepper
China received 10 FDA import refusals in Pepper, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2024-Q3 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, pesticide residue, and FSVP violation. Measured against US import value, that runs at 31.0 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 pepper from China
Above the median. China ranks 3rd of 5 origins shipping pepper to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 31.0 — above 50% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 10 refusals in the last 3 years, 8 were hazard findings and 2 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 9,791 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 3rd highest refusal rate of 5 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (7); DNEI — Northeast (2); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Test for before shipping
- filth (4), pesticide residue (4).
- Paperwork to get right
- FSVP violation (2), nutrition labeling (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 9 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent refusals
- 417-0415826-4 PEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- 417-0413508-0 PEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- EUG-0050434-0 PEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- BTF-4055952-4 PEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filthnutrition labeling
- BTF-4056062-1 PEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- BTF-4055629-8 PEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- E84-0120134-6 PEPPER, SWEET (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- E3T-2400586-6 PEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- EJA-5201181-6 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 506-7528875-2 PEPPER, SWEET (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 10 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 →