Hong Kong — Fruit and Fruit Products
Hong Kong received 17 FDA import refusals in Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 8 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, pesticide residue, and unsafe color additive. 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 fruit and fruit products from Hong Kong
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 17 refusals in the last 3 years, 15 were hazard findings and 2 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (12); DWCI — West Coast (5).
- Riskiest months
- November, February, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (10), pesticide residue (5), Salmonella (1), unsafe color additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (1), 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 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit-Other | 12 | — | — | filth |
| Tropical | 5 | — | — | pesticide residue |
| Stone-Fruit | 0 | — | — | — |
"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
- 03A-0001419-4 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- J34-0104894-0 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filthunsafe color additivecolor not declared
- D77-3002953-6 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- J34-0104641-5 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- EE3-1466377-8 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- J34-0104643-1 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- D77-3002065-9 WOLFBERRY (CHINESE OR SOUTHEAST ASIAN BERRY OF THE CHINESE MATRIMONY VINE, W/SLIGHT LICORICE FLAVOR) Import division DNEI. nutrition labelingno net quantityno common name
- J34-0104628-2 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- N4D-1009783-3 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- J34-0104636-5 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA) (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. filthpesticide residue
- J34-0104524-3 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- D77-3001330-8 OTHER FRUITS, MIXED, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. sulfites not declared
- 799-1740718-3 CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- D77-3001191-4 OTHER FRUITS, MIXED, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- EE3-1445375-8 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- EE3-1442993-1 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- HK1-2305962-6 BERRIES, DRIED OR PASTE, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- D77-0858177-3 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- HK1-2300517-3 WOLFBERRY (CHINESE OR SOUTHEAST ASIAN BERRY OF THE CHINESE MATRIMONY VINE, W/SLIGHT LICORICE FLAVOR) Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedpesticide residue
- DP6-1036695-8 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 32 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 →