India — Fruit and Fruit Products — Tropical
India received 31 FDA import refusals in Tropical, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 9 in 2025-Q2, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, filth, and no food-canning registration. Measured against US import value, that runs at 332.1 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from India over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import tropical from India
Above the median. India ranks 7th of 15 origins shipping tropical to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 332.1 — above 57% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 32 refusals in the last 3 years, 26 were hazard findings and 6 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 399 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 3rd highest refusal rate of 10 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (10); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (7); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (6).
- Riskiest months
- May, June, July, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (14), filth (8), insanitary handling (2), insanitary plant (2), unsafe color additive (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- no food-canning registration (3), no process filing (3), FSVP violation (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- KM6-3671096-4 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- KM6-3678229-4 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. no food-canning registrationno process filingfilthinsanitary conditions
- ADM-0066977-7 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 9YL-0082955-7 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT PUREES) Import division DNBI. filth
- 8KP-0078253-3 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- H77-0242498-4 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 1FX-2085399-9 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. filth
- 1FX-2867465-2 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. filth
- KM6-3668534-9 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- DP4-3951240-2 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. FSVP violation
- BNI-0136892-5 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 8KP-0067291-6 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- EPN-0156964-4 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSEI. pesticide residueno net quantity
- 8KP-0066913-6 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substanceinsanitary plantinsanitary handling
- KM6-3653116-2 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL FRUIT PULP) Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- BNI-0137392-5 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- BDI-1812832-3 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 9B7-1405881-2 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3654017-1 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3641451-8 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSWI. sulfites not declared
Data and downloads
Download all 57 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
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India country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →