Dominican Republic — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Pepper
Dominican Republic received 33 FDA import refusals in Pepper, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 10 in 2025-Q2, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issue is pesticide residue. Measured against US import value, that runs at 528.0 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Dominican Republic over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import pepper from Dominican Republic
Higher risk. Dominican Republic ranks 1st of 5 origins shipping pepper to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 528.0 — the highest of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 35 refusals in the last 3 years, 35 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 981 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 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 (21); DNEI — Northeast (14).
- Riskiest months
- March, February, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (35).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 176-1054082-9 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 176-1052821-2 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 256-0426333-2 PEPPER, SWEET (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 176-1052301-5 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 176-1051336-2 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 176-1051797-5 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 176-1051597-9 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 176-1048853-2 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 176-1049340-9 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- D84-0085756-0 PEPPER, SWEET (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- EWV-2160394-6 PEPPER, SWEET (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 900-0208726-1 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 900-0208019-1 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 176-1043778-6 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 176-1042908-0 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 176-1042267-1 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- DM4-0830321-0 PEPPER, SWEET (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- B7E-0033054-6 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- B7E-0033039-7 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- H67-1693980-5 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 83 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 2026-10-21. To get new ones for Dominican Republic by email, watch Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →