India — Nuts and Edible Seeds — Other-Nuts
India received 123 FDA import refusals in Other-Nuts, part of Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 25 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are poisonous substance, unsafe food additive, and unapproved new drug. Measured against US import value, that runs at 979.7 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 other-nuts from India
Higher risk. India ranks 1st of 6 origins shipping other-nuts to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 979.7 — the highest of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 125 refusals in the last 3 years, 121 were hazard findings and 4 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 275 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the highest refusal rate of 4 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (65); DSEI — Southeast (21); DWCI — West Coast (15).
- Riskiest months
- September, January, August, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- poisonous substance (72), unsafe food additive (34), poisonous or deleterious substance (13), Salmonella (11), insanitary handling (9).
- Paperwork to get right
- ingredients not listed (6), nutrition labeling (6), no common name (5).
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 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 25 | 24 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- KM6-3678696-4 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. poisonous substance
- KM6-3686052-0 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. unsafe food additivepoisonous substanceunapproved new drug
- DP4-8687034-9 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. filthSalmonellaunsafe food additivepoisonous substance
- KM6-3682531-7 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substanceunapproved new drug
- 1FX-3841210-3 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DWCI. poisonous substance
- 1FX-2930859-0 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- H67-1721368-9 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DNEI. poisonous substance
- 9GX-0257348-2 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. unsafe food additiveunsafe dietary usepoisonous substance
- 1FX-1664088-0 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- 1FX-1663969-2 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- KM6-3676481-3 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSWI. unsafe food additivepoisonous substance
- 8RG-2688148-8 MIXED EDIBLE SEEDS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- KM6-3674948-3 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- 9AJ-0012158-5 EDIBLE SEEDS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-3076907-6 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- 799-9570810-7 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- 799-9571086-3 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- 799-9570849-5 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- KM6-3669046-3 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. poisonous substance
- BUU-1740658-4 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSWI. poisonous substance
Data and downloads
Download all 166 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 →