Guatemala — Fruit and Fruit Products
Guatemala received 78 FDA import refusals in Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 33 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are insanitary plant, insanitary handling, and unsafe color additive. 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 and fruit products from Guatemala
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 81 refusals in the last 3 years, 54 were hazard findings and 27 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (36); DNEI — Northeast (28); DWCI — West Coast (10).
- Riskiest months
- April, August, October, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- insanitary plant (35), insanitary handling (31), unsafe color additive (9), pesticide residue (6), filth (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (29), 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 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus | 34 | 550 t | 922.2 | not in English |
| Berries-Grapes | 6 | 1,230 t | 172.8 | insanitary plant |
| Fruit-Other | 39 | — | — | insanitary plant |
| Tropical | 2 | — | — | pesticide residue |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 42 | 160,820 t |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
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
- 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
- 826-0253398-4 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- 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
Data and downloads
Download all 109 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 2026-10-01. To get new ones for Guatemala by email, watch Guatemala.
Guatemala country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →