Pakistan — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch
Pakistan received 79 FDA import refusals in 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. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Pakistan, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import whole grains, milled grain products, and starch from Pakistan
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 84 refusals in the last 3 years, 83 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- 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
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 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 84 | 2,209 t | 246.5 | pesticide residue |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 84 | 2,209 t |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- KM6-3684147-0 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- G05-1143709-0 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- KM6-1647221-3 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 8AH-0001262-7 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 224-1900952-1 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- G05-1143696-9 RICE MEAL PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- G05-1143648-0 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 8RG-2687753-6 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- KM6-1643524-4 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3672947-7 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3665942-7 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- ADR-0048864-5 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 8RG-2574956-1 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8P5-0084427-6 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8RG-2585349-6 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- DF4-1634254-4 RICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 9DH-0070069-5 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 799-6517507-0 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- ADR-0048726-6 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- ADR-0048728-2 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.
The file holds entries up to 2026-10-08. To get new ones for Pakistan by email, watch Pakistan.
Pakistan country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →