China — Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings — Bakery

Higher risk. China ranks 1st of 14 origins shipping bakery to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 393.1 — the highest of them.

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China received 168 FDA import refusals in Bakery, part of Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 27 in 2026-Q1, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe col, list ingre, and color lblg. Measured against US import value, that runs at 393.1 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from China over the last 3 years.

Of these, 158 were hazard refusals and 10 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

6 2023-Q4 2023-Q4: 6 8 2024-Q1 2024-Q1: 8 10 2024-Q2 2024-Q2: 10 8 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 8 15 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 15 24 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 24 15 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 15 14 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 14 19 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 19 27 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 27 14 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 14 8 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 8

Recent rejections