Nicaragua — All Categories
Nicaragua received 47 FDA import refusals across all food categories between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 10 in 2025-Q2, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide, mfrhaccp, and insanitary. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Nicaragua, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Of these, 32 were hazard refusals and 15 were paperwork refusals.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit and Fruit Products | 2 | — | nutrit lbl |
| Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum | 1 | — | usual name |
Recent rejections
- E84-0129217-0 DSEIFruit and Fruit ProductsTAMARIND (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) filthy
- AEK-9647966-0 DSEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumCANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) list ingrelacks n/cusual namenutrit lbl+1 more
- D77-3002917-1 DNEIFishery/Seafood ProductsSEA CUCUMBER, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES mfrhaccp
- E84-0121404-2 DSEICheese and Cheese ProductsCHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) insanitary
- E84-0121433-1 DSEICheese and Cheese ProductsCHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) bacteria
- E84-0121405-9 DSEICheese and Cheese ProductsCHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) poisonousinsanitary
- E84-0121416-6 DSEICheese and Cheese ProductsCHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) poisonousinsanitary
- E84-0121403-4 DSEICheese and Cheese ProductsCHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) bacteria
- E84-0122996-6 DSEISpices, Flavors, and SaltsVANILLA, NATURAL EXTRACT OR FLAVOR (SPICE) coumarin
- E84-0123202-8 DNEISoft Drinks and WatersSOFT DRINK, SUBTROPICAL OR TROPICAL FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED unsafe col
- E84-0123086-5 DNEISoft Drinks and WatersSOFT DRINK, SUBTROPICAL OR TROPICAL FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED unsafe col
- 826-0249218-1 DNEICheese and Cheese ProductsCHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED)
- AEK-7601898-3 DSEIVitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for HumansALOE (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS) II (CONTINUED)) unapproved
- 8Q4-0007817-1 DNEIBeverage BasesHORCHATA (BEVERAGE BASE N.E.C.) fsvp vio
- 8UE-0217268-1 DWCIFishery/Seafood ProductsSEA CUCUMBER, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES mfrhaccp
- B5Q-0006752-9 DNEIFishery/Seafood ProductsSEA CUCUMBER, COLD SMOKED, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIES mfrhaccp
- 438-0084143-9 DSEIVegetables and Vegetable ProductsTARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
- NPB-0008456-4 DSEIVegetables and Vegetable ProductsTARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
- NPB-0008256-8 DSEIVegetables and Vegetable ProductsTARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
- NPB-0008457-2 DSEIVegetables and Vegetable ProductsTARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide
Recent weeks
| Week | Border rejections |
|---|---|
| 2026-W38 | 0 |
| 2026-W37 | 0 |
| 2026-W36 | 0 |
| 2026-W35 | 0 |
| 2026-W34 | 1 |
| 2026-W33 | 1 |
| 2026-W32 | 0 |
| 2026-W31 | 0 |