China — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Pepper

Below the median. China ranks 4th of 5 origins shipping pepper to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 27.9 — above 25% of them.

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China received 9 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 filthy, pesticide, and fsvp vio. Measured against US import value, that runs at 27.9 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from China over the last 3 years.

Of these, 8 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 9 quarters

1 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 1 1 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 1 0 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 0 2 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 2 0 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 0 0 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 0 0 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 0 3 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 3 2 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 2

Recent rejections