El Salvador — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Vegetables-Other
El Salvador received 18 FDA import refusals in Vegetables-Other, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, filth, and FSVP violation. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from El Salvador, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Key figures
If you import vegetables-other from El Salvador
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 18 refusals in the last 3 years, 18 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (8); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (8); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- July, January, March, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (17), filth (1).
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Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- E84-0127254-5 FRUITS USED AS VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8Q4-0008353-6 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
- 83B-0002912-8 VEGETABLE & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT MENTIONED ELSEWHERE, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- U51-0048991-9 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- U51-0049648-4 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- U51-0048769-9 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- U51-0049980-1 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- U51-0049323-4 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- E84-0118145-6 FRUITS USED AS VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- E84-0118110-0 FRUITS USED AS VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- E84-0117443-6 FRUITS USED AS VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- U51-0044736-2 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- U51-0044740-4 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- U51-0043795-9 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 176-1027381-9 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8Q4-0005805-8 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 8Q4-0005743-1 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- E84-0111895-3 FRUITS USED AS VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8TQ-0149311-1 BEANS, CORN, AND PEA, N.E.C. (VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. FSVP violation
- 960-0258971-9 FERN, BRACKEN (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 28 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
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El Salvador country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →