Guatemala — Fruit and Fruit Products — Berries-Grapes
Guatemala received 6 FDA import refusals in Berries-Grapes, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are insanitary plant, pesticide residue, and not in English. Measured against US import value, that runs at 172.8 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Guatemala over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import berries-grapes from Guatemala
Above the median. Guatemala ranks 4th of 8 origins shipping berries-grapes to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 172.8 — above 57% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 6 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 1,230 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 3rd highest refusal rate of 7 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (6).
- Test for before shipping
- insanitary plant (4), pesticide residue (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no food-canning registration (1), not in English (1), no process filing (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 820-2207811-5 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DSEI. insanitary plant
- 820-2207267-0 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DSEI. insanitary plant
- 820-2208676-1 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DSEI. insanitary plant
- 820-2205991-7 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DSEI. insanitary plant
- 820-2136074-6 BLACKBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 826-0236171-7 STRAWBERRY JUICE, BERRY JUICE OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. not in Englishno process filingno food-canning registration
- ALL-0266540-4 BLACKBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- EKA-0203168-0 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- ALL-0255597-7 BLACKBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 9 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 2026-08-24. To get new ones for Guatemala by email, watch Guatemala.
Guatemala country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →