Peru — Fruit and Fruit Products — Tropical
Peru received 9 FDA import refusals in Tropical, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 8 in 2026-Q1. The most-cited issues are false or misleading label and pesticide residue. Measured against US import value, that runs at 8.5 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Peru over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import tropical from Peru
Lower risk. Peru ranks 15th of 15 origins shipping tropical to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 8.5 — the lowest of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 9 refusals in the last 3 years, 1 were hazard findings and 8 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 69,396 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the lowest refusal rate of 10 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (8); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- false or misleading label (8).
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 4 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 96E-0143720-4 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- E6G-0045208-1 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- E6G-0045209-9 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- E6G-0048104-9 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- E6G-0047972-0 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- E6G-0048100-7 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- E6G-0047954-8 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- E6G-0048103-1 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- E6G-0047968-8 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
Data and downloads
Download all 9 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 Peru by email, watch Peru.
Peru country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →