Costa Rica — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Vegetables-Other

Below the median. Costa Rica ranks 21st of 31 origins shipping vegetables-other to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 253.4 — above 33% of them.

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Costa Rica received 15 FDA import refusals in Vegetables-Other, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 7 in 2025-Q2, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide, insanitary, and no process. Measured against US import value, that runs at 253.4 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Costa Rica over the last 3 years.

Of these, 14 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

B7E-0038513-6 2026-07-07 DSEICASSAVA (ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLE) insanitary
176-1051174-7 2026-07-07 DNEITARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
DMV-0010927-5 2026-04-03 DSEISQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) pesticide
DMV-0010574-5 2026-02-23 DSEICARROT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
DMV-0010572-9 2026-02-17 DSEITARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
900-0209093-5 2026-01-30 DNEIGINGER ROOT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
9AG-0082966-5 2025-06-06 DSEITARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
9AG-0082815-4 2025-06-05 DSEITARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
900-0196466-8 2025-04-29 DNEITARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
NPB-0008497-8 2025-04-25 DSEICHOYOTE, CHAYOTES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) pesticide
B7E-0031778-2 2025-04-08 DSEITARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
E84-0120912-5 2025-04-02 DNEIOTHER BEANS, PEAS, CORN, JUICE OR DRINK, N.E.C. no process
B7E-0031843-4 2025-04-02 DSEITARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
NPB-0008037-2 2025-03-12 DSEISQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) pesticide
900-0177063-6 2024-03-01 DSEICHOYOTE, CHAYOTES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) pesticide
NPB-0003771-1 2023-09-06 DSEIRED BEET (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
9AG-0067239-6 2023-08-31 DSEITARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticidelabeling
NPB-0003577-2 2023-07-31 DSEICARROT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
900-0172736-2 2023-06-13 DSEICILANTRO (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) pesticide
900-0173151-3 2023-06-05 DSEICILANTRO (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) pesticide