China — Soft Drinks and Waters — Soft-Drinks
Higher risk. China ranks 3rd of 12 origins shipping soft-drinks to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 227.6 — above 82% of them.
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China received 18 FDA import refusals in Soft-Drinks, part of Soft Drinks and Waters between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2025-Q4, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are melamine, no process, and nutrit lbl. Measured against US import value, that runs at 227.6 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from China over the last 3 years.
Of these, 17 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Recent rejections
- W69-5230207-4 DWCISOFT DRINKS AND WATERS NOT MENTIONED ELSEWHERE, N.E.C. unsafe collist ingreinconspicucolor lblg+2 more
- 9DH-0080671-6 DNBICARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. color lblgno englishunsafe colstd name+1 more
- KX2-0089413-0 DNEINONCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. melamine
- EVR-0176171-2 DWCICARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. melamine
- NMR-6744482-6 DNEINONCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. melamine
- 300-3285297-5 DNEISOFT DRINK, MILK BASED (CHOCOLATE FLAVORED, ETC.), NONCARBONATED melamine
- NYJ-0012305-6 DWCISOFT DRINKS AND WATERS NOT MENTIONED ELSEWHERE, N.E.C. melamine
- EVR-0170793-9 DWCINONCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. melamine
- U47-2511977-8 DNEINONCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. filthy
- K09-0096857-7 DNEINONCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. lacks firmlacks n/cjuice %
- 224-4564032-3 DWCINONCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. melamine
- 349-2070487-0 DWCICARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. melamineno processlist ingreflavr lblg+6 more
- 349-2070804-6 DNEICARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. melamine
- U47-2502025-7 DWCINONCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. falsenutrit lblno processpoisonous+4 more
- 8BL-0028461-7 DWCINONCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. melamine
- K09-0094541-9 DNEISOFT DRINK, MILK BASED (CHOCOLATE FLAVORED, ETC.), NONCARBONATED cyclamatelacks n/cusual nameinadprcctl+7 more
- B5Q-0006312-2 DNEISOFT DRINK, MILK BASED (CHOCOLATE FLAVORED, ETC.), NONCARBONATED poisonousmelamineunfit4foodpesticide+5 more
- NFT-2031281-4 DNEISOFT DRINK, IMITATION FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED refuse ei
- EUX-0131995-3 DWCINONCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. list ingrelacks n/cnutrit lblno english+5 more
- W69-3778735-7 DWCINONCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. no englishno process