Mexico — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum

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Mexico received 134 FDA import refusals in Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 21 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filthy, unsafe col, and color lblg. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Mexico, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

Of these, 120 were hazard refusals and 14 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

17 2023-Q4 2023-Q4: 17 11 2024-Q1 2024-Q1: 11 11 2024-Q2 2024-Q2: 11 7 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 7 2 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 2 12 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 12 12 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 12 7 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 7 14 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 14 5 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 5 15 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 15 21 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 21

By commodity, last 156 weeks

Commodity Rejections Per $1B US imports Most-cited hazard
Candy 135 35.9 filthy

Recent rejections