El Salvador — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum — Candy

Higher risk. El Salvador ranks 5th of 21 origins shipping candy to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 1,751 — above 80% of them.

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El Salvador received 24 FDA import refusals in Candy, part of Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 11 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe col and color lblg. Measured against US import value, that runs at 1,751 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from El Salvador over the last 3 years.

Of these, 23 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

DM4-0859788-6 2026-09-10 DSWIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
DM4-0864690-7 2026-09-10 DWCIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
DM4-0859763-9 2026-09-04 DSEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
DM4-0862427-6 2026-08-24 DNEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
8Q4-0009195-0 2026-08-18 DSEISOFT CANDY WITH FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
DM4-0861073-9 2026-08-14 DSWIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
DM4-0861720-5 2026-08-06 DSWIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
DM4-0862426-8 2026-08-04 DSEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
DM4-0856106-4 2026-08-04 DWCIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
DM4-0856097-5 2026-08-04 DWCIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
DM4-0857371-3 2026-07-07 DNEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
DM4-0850656-4 2026-06-10 DSEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
DM4-0852472-4 2026-04-29 DNEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
DM4-0850109-4 2026-04-25 DNEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
DM4-0851977-3 2026-04-21 DSEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
DM4-0853078-8 2026-04-21 DSEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
DM4-0853376-6 2026-04-20 DSEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
DM4-0851724-9 2026-04-20 DSEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
DM4-0852474-0 2026-04-20 DSEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
DM4-0853927-6 2026-04-20 DSWIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg