Hong Kong — Fruit and Fruit Products — Tropical
Hong Kong received 5 FDA import refusals in Tropical, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue and filth. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Hong Kong, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import tropical from Hong Kong
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (4); DWCI — West Coast (1).
- Riskiest months
- November, February, June, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (3), filth (2).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 03A-0001419-4 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- D77-3002953-6 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- EE3-1466377-8 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- EE3-1445375-8 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- EE3-1442993-1 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- D77-0858177-3 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- DP6-1036695-8 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- D77-0853426-9 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- D77-0856211-2 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- D77-0853425-1 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- D77-0840487-7 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- K80-2107147-8 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 12 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 2026-06-28. To get new ones for Hong Kong by email, watch Hong Kong.
Hong Kong country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →