Guatemala — Fruit and Fruit Products — Fruit-Other
Guatemala received 39 FDA import refusals in Fruit-Other, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 31 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are insanitary plant and insanitary handling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Guatemala, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import fruit-other from Guatemala
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 39 refusals in the last 3 years, 38 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (24); DWCI — West Coast (9); DSEI — Southeast (5).
- Riskiest months
- April, February, November, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- insanitary handling (31), insanitary plant (31), pesticide residue (3), filth (2), poisonous or deleterious substance (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (2), no net quantity (1), nutrition labeling (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-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 96E-0131442-9 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DWCI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131466-8 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DWCI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131440-3 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DWCI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131439-5 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DWCI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131465-0 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DWCI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131441-1 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DWCI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131150-8 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131226-6 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131223-3 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131237-3 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131230-8 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131128-4 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131134-2 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131248-0 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131144-1 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131126-8 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131232-4 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131241-5 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131240-7 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 96E-0131244-9 CANTALOUPE (VINE FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
Data and downloads
Download all 58 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 2026-04-23. To get new ones for Guatemala by email, watch Guatemala.
Guatemala country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →