Nicaragua — All Categories
Nicaragua received 48 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 HACCP failure, insanitary conditions, and pesticide residue. No trade baseline is published for some of Nicaragua's categories, so no per-$1B rate is shown for the origin total.
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Key figures
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of these, 34 were hazard refusals and 13 were paperwork refusals. 1 cite only charge codes missing from the published charge table, so they are in neither group.
Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024-Q1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
By year
| Year | Refusals |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 |
| 2025 | 20 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2020 | 8 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Refusals | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 12 | — | pesticide residue |
| Cheese and Cheese Products | 10 | — | insanitary conditions |
| Fishery/Seafood Products | 8 | — | filth |
| Soft Drinks and Waters | 3 | — | unsafe color additive |
| Beverage Bases | 3 | — | FSVP violation |
| Fruit and Fruit Products | 2 | — | nutrition labeling |
| Spices, Flavors, and Salts | 2 | — | unsafe color additive |
| Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch | 2 | — | not in English |
| Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum | 1 | — | nutrition labeling |
| Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | 1 | — | unapproved new drug |
Recent refusals
- D97-2349635-9 MAHI MAHIFishery/Seafood Products. Import division DSEI. filth
- E84-0129217-0 TAMARIND (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT)Fruit and Fruit Products. Import division DSEI. filth
- AEK-9647966-0 CANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE)Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedno net quantityno common namenutrition labeling+1 more
- D77-3002917-1 SEA CUCUMBER, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIESFishery/Seafood Products. Import division DNEI. HACCP failure
- E84-0121404-2 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED)Cheese and Cheese Products. Import division DSEI. insanitary conditions
- E84-0121433-1 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED)Cheese and Cheese Products. Import division DSEI. bacterial contamination
- E84-0121405-9 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED)Cheese and Cheese Products. Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substanceinsanitary conditions
- E84-0121416-6 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED)Cheese and Cheese Products. Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substanceinsanitary conditions
- E84-0121403-4 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED)Cheese and Cheese Products. Import division DSEI. bacterial contamination
- E84-0122996-6 VANILLA, NATURAL EXTRACT OR FLAVOR (SPICE)Spices, Flavors, and Salts. Import division DSEI. coumarin
- E84-0123202-8 SOFT DRINK, SUBTROPICAL OR TROPICAL FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATEDSoft Drinks and Waters. Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- E84-0123086-5 SOFT DRINK, SUBTROPICAL OR TROPICAL FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATEDSoft Drinks and Waters. Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- 826-0249218-1 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED)Cheese and Cheese Products. Import division DNEI. charge 3903 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- AEK-7601898-3 ALOE (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS) II (CONTINUED))Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 8Q4-0007817-1 HORCHATA (BEVERAGE BASE N.E.C.)Beverage Bases. Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- 8UE-0217268-1 SEA CUCUMBER, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIESFishery/Seafood Products. Import division DWCI. HACCP failure
- B5Q-0006752-9 SEA CUCUMBER, COLD SMOKED, OTHER AQUATIC SPECIESFishery/Seafood Products. Import division DNEI. HACCP failure
- 438-0084143-9 TARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE)Vegetables and Vegetable Products. Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- NPB-0008456-4 TARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE)Vegetables and Vegetable Products. Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- NPB-0008256-8 TARO, DASHEEN (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE)Vegetables and Vegetable Products. Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
Recent weeks
| Week | Refusals |
|---|---|
| 2026-W44 | 0 |
| 2026-W43 | 0 |
| 2026-W42 | 0 |
| 2026-W41 | 0 |
| 2026-W40 | 0 |
| 2026-W39 | 0 |
| 2026-W38 | 1 |
| 2026-W37 | 0 |
→ See all FDA import refusals for 2026-W44
Data and downloads
Download all 80 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork. Every entry is also listed by year above.
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Nicaragua country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →