Dominican Republic — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Vegetables-Other
Dominican Republic received 6 FDA import refusals in Vegetables-Other, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, FSVP violation, and no manufacturer name. Measured against US import value, that runs at 43.6 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 vegetables-other from Dominican Republic
Lower risk. Dominican Republic ranks 20th of 24 origins shipping vegetables-other to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 43.6 — above 17% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 6 refusals in the last 3 years, 6 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 14,417 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 13th highest refusal rate of 17 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (5); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- October, January, March, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (6).
- Paperwork to get right
- no manufacturer name (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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 900-0220797-6 TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residueno manufacturer name
- H67-1699833-0 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- H67-1701456-6 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- H67-1698869-5 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- H67-1661059-6 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- H67-1661071-1 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- ALL-0264966-3 STRINGBEANS Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- ALL-0264711-3 STRINGBEANS Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- J60-0039123-1 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- J60-0039309-6 GARLIC BULB, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- H67-1610624-9 CLUSTER BEAN Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- H67-1610469-9 CLUSTER BEAN Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- ALL-0240519-9 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- H67-1587735-2 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- EQW-0035962-2 CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. Salmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 15 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 →