Guatemala — Fruit and Fruit Products — Citrus
Guatemala received 31 FDA import refusals in Citrus, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 12 in 2024-Q4, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are not in English, juice percentage not declared, and nutrition labeling. Measured against US import value, that runs at 922.2 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 citrus from Guatemala
Higher risk. Guatemala ranks 1st of 5 origins shipping citrus to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 922.2 — the highest of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 34 refusals in the last 3 years, 9 were hazard findings and 25 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 550 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the highest refusal rate of 4 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (25); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (6); DNEI — Northeast (3).
- Riskiest months
- October, November, December, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (8), FD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (26), juice percentage not declared (21), color not declared (17).
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 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- DM4-0866932-1 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivenot in Englishno standard namejuice percentage not declared+1 more
- 826-0253398-4 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- AMN-0105237-8 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivelabel not conspicuouscolor not declaredjuice percentage not declared+1 more
- CFQ-8129148-2 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSWI. false or misleading labelcolor not declaredno standard namejuice percentage not declared+1 more
- 83B-0002390-7 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivenot to standard of identitynot in Englishjuice percentage not declared+1 more
- 83B-0002362-6 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. not to standard of identitynot in Englishjuice percentage not declarednutrition labeling+1 more
- E84-0121435-6 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSWI. false or misleading labelcolor not declaredno net quantityno standard name+1 more
- E84-0121286-3 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivenot in Englishjuice percentage not declared
- E84-0122107-0 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivenot to standard of identityfalse or misleading labelcolor not declared+4 more
- 8Q4-0006475-9 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. color not declarednot in Englishjuice percentage not declared
- E84-0120562-8 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. not to standard of identitynot in Englishjuice percentage not declaredcolor additive labeling+2 more
- E84-0117789-2 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSWI. color not declaredno net quantitynot in Englishjuice percentage not declared
- 8Q4-0006444-5 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. color not declarednot in Englishjuice percentage not declared
- 8Q4-0006478-3 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. color not declaredno net quantitynot in Englishjuice percentage not declared
- ITC-0027213-0 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DNEI. ingredients not listednot to standard of identityfalse or misleading labelcolor not declared+3 more
- E84-0117750-4 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. not in Englishno common namenutrition labeling
- DM4-0664604-0 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- E4W-0031899-9 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedflavor not declarednot in English
- DM4-0665151-1 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- DM4-0804643-9 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
Data and downloads
Download all 39 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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Guatemala country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →