Japan — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum — Candy
Above the median. Japan ranks 11th of 21 origins shipping candy to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 415.6 — above 50% of them.
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Japan received 31 FDA import refusals in Candy, part of Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 8 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unfit4food, unsafe col, and color lblg. Measured against US import value, that runs at 415.6 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Japan over the last 3 years.
Of these, 26 were hazard refusals and 5 were paperwork refusals.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Recent rejections
- 1FX-2767843-2 DWCICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) no english
- 1FX-3376590-0 DNBICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) no english
- U47-2513202-9 DNEISOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unfit4food
- 235-1761530-0 DWCIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED unfit4food
- U47-2508358-6 DNEISOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unfit4food
- 235-1757991-0 DWCIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED unfit4food
- 235-1750806-7 DNEIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED unfit4foodunsafe col
- 235-1761036-8 DWCIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED unfit4food
- 235-1760468-4 DWCIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED unfit4food
- 235-1753403-0 DSWIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED unfit4food
- 235-1752882-6 DNEIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED unfit4food
- 235-1754681-0 DSWIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED unfit4food
- 235-1751634-2 DSWIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED inconspicuunfit4food
- 9ES-0095820-5 DNEICHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
- HG4-1035281-6 DWCIJELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
- 235-1743285-4 DWCIJELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
- 235-1742317-6 DWCIFLAVORED CANDY, HARD (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
- 235-1741542-0 DWCIJELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) color lblg
- AC1-1254303-1 DSWIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED foreign ob
- 799-7058954-6 DSEIHARD CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) no english