Hong Kong — Vegetables and Vegetable Products
Hong Kong received 23 FDA import refusals in Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2024-Q2, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, filth, and sulfites not declared. 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 vegetables and vegetable products from Hong Kong
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 22 refusals in the last 3 years, 20 were hazard findings and 2 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (11); DWCI — West Coast (9); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- May, March, August, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (12), filth (8).
- Paperwork to get right
- sulfites not declared (2), false or misleading label (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-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables-Other | 20 | — | — | pesticide residue |
| Pepper | 1 | — | — | filth |
| Leafy | 1 | — | — | pesticide residue |
"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
- DU7-0145149-2 MUSHROOM, SHIITAKE, PIECES AND STEMS, SLICED Import division DWCI. filth
- BUU-1814674-2 PEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- DBH-2001440-7 MUSHROOM, SHIITAKE , WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- D77-3001841-4 YAMS, DRIED OR PASTE (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. sulfites not declared
- D77-3003064-1 LILY (FLOWER, BULB, STEM), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. false or misleading label
- DP6-3036944-6 MUSHROOMS AND OTHER FUNGI PRODUCTS, BROKEN OR KIBBLED, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
- EE3-1466278-8 MUSHROOM, COMMON (AGARICUS BISPORUS), FUNGI PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
- 799-2958539-8 MUSHROOMS AND OTHER FUNGI PRODUCTS, BROKEN OR KIBBLED, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth
- EE3-1462165-1 MUSHROOM, SHIITAKE, BROKEN OR KIBBLED Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- EE3-1461553-9 MUSHROOM, MOREL, FUNGI PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
- EE3-1459642-4 MUSHROOM, SHIITAKE, BROKEN OR KIBBLED Import division DNEI. sulfites not declaredpesticide residue
- EE3-1458363-8 MUSHROOM, SHIITAKE, BROKEN OR KIBBLED Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- AX4-0076549-5 MUSHROOMS AND OTHER FUNGI PRODUCTS, WHOLE (BUTTON), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- D77-0927807-2 MUSHROOM, SHIITAKE, FUNGI PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
- 147-0242301-4 MUSHROOM, SHIITAKE , WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) Import division DNEI. filth
- AX4-0076345-8 MUSHROOM, SHIITAKE , WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- EE3-1441021-2 BEANS, CORN, AND PEA, N.E.C. (VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- EE3-1439607-2 BEANS, CORN, AND PEA, N.E.C. (VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- AX4-0075071-1 KIDNEY BEAN Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- EE3-1439250-1 BEANS, CORN, AND PEA, N.E.C. (VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
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 2026-08-28. 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 →