Jordan — Nuts and Edible Seeds — Sesame

Higher risk. Jordan ranks 1st of 4 origins shipping sesame to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 722,222 — the highest of them.

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Jordan received 13 FDA import refusals in Sesame, part of Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q3, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are salmonella, nutrit lbl, and mfr insan. Measured against US import value, that runs at 722,222 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Jordan over the last 3 years.

Of these, 12 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

1 2023-Q4 2023-Q4: 1 1 2024-Q1 2024-Q1: 1 1 2024-Q2 2024-Q2: 1 1 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 1 1 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 1 0 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 0 0 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 0 3 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 3 1 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 1 1 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 1 2 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 2 1 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 1

Recent rejections