El Salvador — All Categories

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El Salvador received 110 FDA import refusals across all food categories between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 17 in 2025-Q2, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe col, color lblg, and unapproved. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from El Salvador, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

Of these, 82 were hazard refusals and 28 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

5 2023-Q4 2023-Q4: 5 5 2024-Q1 2024-Q1: 5 4 2024-Q2 2024-Q2: 4 10 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 10 11 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 11 9 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 9 17 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 17 5 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 5 7 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 7 11 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 11 11 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 11 15 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 15

By category, last 156 weeks

Category Rejections Per $1B US imports Most-cited hazard
Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum 25 unsafe col
Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans 14 unapproved
Spices, Flavors, and Salts 1 pesticide

Recent rejections

Recent weeks

WeekBorder rejections
2026-W380
2026-W373
2026-W361
2026-W351
2026-W342
2026-W331
2026-W324
2026-W310

→ See all FDA import refusals for 2026-W38