Japan — Fruit and Fruit Products
Japan received 4 FDA import refusals in Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are lead, not in English, and poisonous or deleterious substance. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Japan, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of these, 4 were hazard refusals and 0 were paperwork refusals.
Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone-Fruit | 2 | — | — | unsafe color additive |
| Fruit-Other | 1 | — | — | filth |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- 1FX-2198343-2 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivenot in English
- 235-1756465-6 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- SCS-4196308-9 TAMARIND (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSEI. filth
- FY1-4025233-6 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- AEK-3616743-3 BERRY JUICE, N.E.C. BERRY JUICE OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSEI. not in English
- AJR-7409490-3 PLUM, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- EYS-0255206-1 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substancelead
- 597-0200141-9 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. lead
- 235-1679616-8 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. not in Englishlead
- 750-0198757-9 PLUM, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. no process filing
- 221-6217135-3 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. lead
- 235-1681165-2 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. lead
- 597-0200090-8 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. lead
- 235-1676588-2 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. lead
- 597-0199870-6 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. lead
- 597-0199777-3 PLUM (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. lead
Data and downloads
Download all 16 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
The file holds entries up to 2026-07-23. To get new ones for Japan by email, watch Japan.
Japan country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →