Indonesia — Spices, Flavors, and Salts — Spices-Other
Indonesia received 65 FDA import refusals in Spices-Other, part of Spices, Flavors, and Salts between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 31 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table), radionuclide, and filth. Measured against US import value, that runs at 148.8 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Indonesia over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import spices-other from Indonesia
Below the median. Indonesia ranks 11th of 17 origins shipping spices-other to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 148.8 — above 38% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 66 refusals in the last 3 years, 34 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 1,087 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 6th 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 (31); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (15); DWCI — West Coast (11).
- Riskiest months
- February, April, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- radionuclide (20), insanitary plant (10), insanitary handling (9), filth (3), lead (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no manufacturer name (1), no net quantity (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 31 | 15 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- KM6-1654009-2 CLOVE, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 506-7546224-1 ESSENTIAL OILS FOR FLAVORING, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- 820-2219336-9 CLOVE, NATURAL EXTRACT OR FLAVOR (SPICE) Import division DNEI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- 551-2857468-5 CINNAMON, CASSIA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNBI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- 551-2748199-9 SALT, SEA (TABLE SALT) Import division DWCI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- 300-2112446-7 CINNAMON, CASSIA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNBI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- 1FX-7670942-7 VANILLA BEAN, RAW MATERIAL FOR EXTRACTS AND FLAVORS Import division DSEI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- AEK-0531701-0 VANILLA BEAN, RAW MATERIAL FOR EXTRACTS AND FLAVORS Import division DSEI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- AEK-0690723-1 PANDANUS LEAF, NATURAL EXTRACT OR FLAVOR (SPICE) Import division DWCI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- 109-1077434-7 CLOVE, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DNEI. radionuclide
- EGA-1538684-9 PEPPER,BLACK, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DNEI. radionuclide
- EGA-1538683-1 PEPPER,BLACK, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DNEI. radionuclide
- E5G-0256134-5 MACE, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNBI. radionuclide
- 799-5768428-1 CINNAMON, CASSIA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNBI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- 9RK-4391708-7 VANILLA BEAN, RAW MATERIAL FOR EXTRACTS AND FLAVORS Import division DNBI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- WRT-1779939-8 CINNAMON, CASSIA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNEI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- EGA-1543781-6 PEPPER,WHITE, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DNEI. radionuclide
- ACN-3320303-3 MIXED SPICES AND SEASONING WITH SALT, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- K13-0103443-1 ESSENTIAL OILS FOR FLAVORING, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. radionuclide
- BDD-6710323-0 MIXED SPICES AND SEASONING WITH SALT, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. charge 3910 (not in FDA's published charge table)
Data and downloads
Download all 67 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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Indonesia country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →