Pakistan — Fruit and Fruit Products — Tropical
Pakistan received 30 FDA import refusals in Tropical, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 7 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are poisonous or deleterious substance, filth, and inadequate process control. Measured against US import value, that runs at 3,446 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 tropical from Pakistan
Higher risk. Pakistan ranks 1st of 15 origins shipping tropical to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 3,446 — the highest of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 26 refusals in the last 3 years, 21 were hazard findings and 5 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (15); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (4); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (4).
- Riskiest months
- March, January, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- poisonous or deleterious substance (10), filth (5), lead (3), unsafe color additive (3), pesticide residue (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- inadequate process control (4), no acidified-food filing (3), nutrition labeling (2).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-Q4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- KM6-3674804-8 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- 512-1099211-4 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSWI. inadequate process controlno acidified-food filing
- KM6-3648874-4 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. inadequate process control
- KM6-3642811-2 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. inadequate process controlno acidified-food filing
- KM6-3638132-9 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- KM6-3642140-6 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. no process filing
- KM6-3632321-4 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- KM6-3633031-8 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 512-1097251-2 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSWI. inadequate process controlno acidified-food filing
- KM6-3630720-9 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- KM6-3624627-4 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- KM6-3640128-3 GUAVA, JUICE, MILK, CREME, DRINK OR NECTAR, SUB/TROPICAL FRUIT Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- KM6-3636519-9 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- KM6-3636397-0 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. lead
- 9RN-1213483-6 GUAVA, JUICE, MILK, CREME, DRINK OR NECTAR, SUB/TROPICAL FRUIT Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- KM6-1617288-8 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSWI. filthnutrition labeling
- KM6-3611117-1 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. leadpoisonous or deleterious substance
- KM6-3604890-2 MANGO, JUICE, MILK, CREME, DRINK OR NECTAR, SUB/TROPICAL FRUIT Import division DWCI. ingredients not listednot in Englishnutrition labelingunsafe color additive+2 more
- WFN-9053583-8 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. filth
- KM6-1612809-6 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DSWI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 41 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 2026-05-22. To get new ones for Pakistan by email, watch Pakistan.
Pakistan country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →