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

Higher risk. Pakistan ranks 1st of 7 origins shipping rice to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 267.0 — the highest of them.

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Pakistan received 89 FDA import refusals in Rice, part of Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 19 in 2025-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issue is pesticide. Measured against US import value, that runs at 267.0 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Pakistan over the last 3 years.

Of these, 88 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

11 2023-Q4 2023-Q4: 11 6 2024-Q1 2024-Q1: 6 8 2024-Q2 2024-Q2: 8 3 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 3 7 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 7 8 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 8 4 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 4 19 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 19 12 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 12 2 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 2 5 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 5 4 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 4

Recent rejections