India — Soft Drinks and Waters — Soft-Drinks
India received 25 FDA import refusals in Soft-Drinks, part of Soft Drinks and Waters between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 6 in 2025-Q2, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are no net quantity, ingredients not listed, and no common name. Measured against US import value, that runs at 1,174 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 soft-drinks from India
Higher risk. India ranks 1st of 11 origins shipping soft-drinks to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 1,174 — the highest of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 25 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 20 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 571 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the highest refusal rate of 6 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (13); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (4); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (3).
- Riskiest months
- October, June, July, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (5), FD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no net quantity (13), ingredients not listed (13), no common name (12).
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent refusals
- KM6-3689177-2 CARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedno net quantitynot in Englishno common name+1 more
- 930-0370472-8 SOFT DRINK, COLA, CARBONATED Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivenutrition labeling
- H67-1725927-8 SOFT DRINK, COLA, CARBONATED Import division DSWI. no net quantitylabelingnutrition labeling
- KM6-3679730-0 CARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- H67-1714477-7 CARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno net quantityno common namenutrition labeling
- KM6-3667286-7 CARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno net quantity
- 164-0304627-5 CARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listed
- KM6-3654996-6 BOTTLED WATER, CARBONATED WATER (NONMEDICINAL) Import division DSEI. no net quantityno common namenutrition labeling
- KM6-3664352-0 BOTTLED WATER, CARBONATED WATER (NONMEDICINAL) Import division DNEI. labeling
- KM6-3661151-9 NONCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. no process filing
- KM6-3661606-2 BOTTLED WATER, CARBONATED WATER (NONMEDICINAL) Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno net quantityno common namenutrition labeling
- KM6-3655042-8 BOTTLED WATER, CARBONATED WATER (NONMEDICINAL) Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedno net quantityno common namenutrition labeling
- KM6-3653168-3 CARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno net quantityno common namenutrition labeling
- H67-1694290-8 SOFT DRINK, COLA, CARBONATED Import division DNEI. no manufacturer nameno common name
- KM6-3644258-4 BOTTLED WATER, CARBONATED WATER (NONMEDICINAL) Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno net quantityno common name
- KM6-3651021-6 CARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno net quantityno common name
- KM6-3651014-1 BOTTLED WATER, CARBONATED WATER (NONMEDICINAL) Import division DNEI. no manufacturer name
- KM6-3651863-1 BOTTLED WATER, CARBONATED WATER (NONMEDICINAL) Import division DNEI. no manufacturer name
- K80-2165642-7 SOFT DRINK, SUBTROPICAL OR TROPICAL FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- KM6-3649883-4 SOFT DRINK, COLA, CARBONATED Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedno net quantityno common namenutrition labeling
Data and downloads
Download all 31 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 →