Colombia — Chocolate and Cocoa Products — Chocolate-Cocoa
Colombia received 7 FDA import refusals in Chocolate-Cocoa, part of Chocolate and Cocoa Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issue is poisonous or deleterious substance. Measured against US import value, that runs at 34.2 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Colombia over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import chocolate-cocoa from Colombia
Above the median. Colombia ranks 5th of 9 origins shipping chocolate-cocoa to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 34.2 — above 50% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 7 refusals in the last 3 years, 7 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 2,939 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
- DSEI — Southeast (5); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (1); DWCI — West Coast (1).
- Test for before shipping
- poisonous or deleterious substance (7).
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 11 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- M92-3207481-2 CHOCOLATE AND COCOA BEVERAGE BASE, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- TXC-6507806-4 CHOCOLATE AND COCOA BEVERAGE BASE, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- M92-3200168-2 CHOCOLATE AND COCOA BEVERAGE BASE, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- TXC-6505170-7 CHOCOLATE AND COCOA BEVERAGE BASE, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- M92-3191907-4 CHOCOLATE AND COCOA BEVERAGE BASE, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- TXC-6503607-0 CHOCOLATE AND COCOA BEVERAGE BASE, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- M92-3183891-0 CHOCOLATE AND COCOA BEVERAGE BASE, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
Data and downloads
Download all 7 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 2026-07-08. To get new ones for Colombia by email, watch Colombia.
Colombia country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →