Pakistan — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch — Rice

Pakistan received 79 FDA import refusals in Rice, part of Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 19 in 2025-Q3, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issue is pesticide residue. Measured against US import value, that runs at 246.5 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Pakistan over the last 3 years.

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Key figures

If you import rice from Pakistan

Higher risk. Pakistan ranks 2nd of 8 origins shipping rice to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 246.5 — above 86% of them.

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Hazard or paperwork: Of 84 refusals in the last 3 years, 83 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
Refusals against import volume: On average, 1 refusal per 2,209 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the highest refusal rate of 5 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
Where refusals happen: DNEI — Northeast (48); DWCI — West Coast (24); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (7).
Riskiest months: July, September, June, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: pesticide residue (83).
Paperwork to get right: nutrition labeling (3), FSVP violation (1).

FDA does not publish how many entries it examines, so no page can state a true probability of refusal; these are the figures that are published.

Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters

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Show the numbers

Quarter	Refusals	Hazard	Paperwork
2024-Q1	6	6	0
2024-Q2	8	8	0
2024-Q3	3	3	0
2024-Q4	7	6	1
2025-Q1	8	8	0
2025-Q2	4	4	0
2025-Q3	19	19	0
2025-Q4	12	12	0
2026-Q1	2	2	0
2026-Q2	5	5	0
2026-Q3	4	4	0
2026-Q4	1	1	0

Recent refusals

KM6-3684147-0 2026-10-08 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
G05-1143709-0 2026-09-09 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
KM6-1647221-3 2026-08-10 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
8AH-0001262-7 2026-08-04 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
224-1900952-1 2026-07-22 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
G05-1143696-9 2026-06-11 RICE MEAL PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
G05-1143648-0 2026-06-11 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
8RG-2687753-6 2026-06-05 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
KM6-1643524-4 2026-04-15 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
KM6-3672947-7 2026-04-08 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
KM6-3665942-7 2026-02-10 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
ADR-0048864-5 2026-01-06 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
8RG-2574956-1 2025-11-19 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
8P5-0084427-6 2025-11-13 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
8RG-2585349-6 2025-11-12 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
DF4-1634254-4 2025-11-06 RICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
9DH-0070069-5 2025-10-28 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
799-6517507-0 2025-10-28 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
ADR-0048726-6 2025-10-22 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
ADR-0048728-2 2025-10-21 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue

Data and downloads

Download all 180 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.

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Pakistan country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →