Costa Rica — Vegetables and Vegetable Products
Costa Rica received 15 FDA import refusals in 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 residue, insanitary conditions, and no process filing. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Costa Rica, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import vegetables and vegetable products from Costa Rica
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 15 refusals in the last 3 years, 14 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (11); DNEI — Northeast (4).
- Riskiest months
- June, April, July, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (13), insanitary conditions (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no process filing (1).
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 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables-Other | 15 | 3,846 t | 253.4 | pesticide residue |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 15 | 3,846 t |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- B7E-0038513-6 CASSAVA (ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. insanitary conditions
- 176-1051174-7 TARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- DMV-0010927-5 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- DMV-0010574-5 CARROT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- DMV-0010572-9 TARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 900-0209093-5 GINGER ROOT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 9AG-0082966-5 TARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 9AG-0082815-4 TARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 900-0196466-8 TARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- NPB-0008497-8 CHOYOTE, CHAYOTES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- B7E-0031778-2 TARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- E84-0120912-5 OTHER BEANS, PEAS, CORN, JUICE OR DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. no process filing
- B7E-0031843-4 TARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- NPB-0008037-2 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 900-0177063-6 CHOYOTE, CHAYOTES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- NPB-0003771-1 RED BEET (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 9AG-0067239-6 TARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residuelabeling
- NPB-0003577-2 CARROT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 900-0172736-2 CILANTRO (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 900-0173151-3 CILANTRO (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 45 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 2026-07-07. To get new ones for Costa Rica by email, watch Costa Rica.
Costa Rica country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →