India — Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings — Bakery

Higher risk. India ranks 3rd of 14 origins shipping bakery to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 283.2 — above 85% of them.

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India received 192 FDA import refusals in Bakery, part of Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 29 in 2025-Q3, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filthy, unsafe col, and list ingre. Measured against US import value, that runs at 283.2 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from India over the last 3 years.

Of these, 181 were hazard refusals and 11 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

19 2023-Q4 2023-Q4: 19 6 2024-Q1 2024-Q1: 6 5 2024-Q2 2024-Q2: 5 15 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 15 17 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 17 19 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 19 15 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 15 29 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 29 26 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 26 27 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 27 9 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 9 5 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 5

Recent rejections