Peru — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Pepper
Peru received 25 FDA import refusals in Pepper, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 8 in 2023-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, no net quantity, and nutrition labeling. Measured against US import value, that runs at 76.4 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 pepper from Peru
Higher risk. Peru ranks 2nd of 5 origins shipping pepper to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 76.4 — above 75% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 16 refusals in the last 3 years, 16 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 3,206 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 2nd 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 (10); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (4); DSEI — Southeast (2).
- Riskiest months
- June, July, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (16).
- Paperwork to get right
- no net quantity (1), nutrition labeling (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 024-1688526-3 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 106-0322740-5 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- WTB-0849033-2 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 164-0305921-1 PEPPER, SWEET (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 164-0305707-4 PEPPER, SWEET (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8U2-0001684-2 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8U2-0001732-9 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8U2-0001691-7 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8U2-0001720-4 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8U2-0001656-0 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 106-0319264-1 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 176-1036862-7 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- AMN-0102639-8 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- DP4-3904233-5 PEPPER, SWEET (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 106-0317674-3 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 106-0313712-5 PEPPER, SWEET (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residueno net quantitynutrition labeling
- 8U2-0000524-1 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 820-7065293-6 PIMIENTO PEPPER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 820-7065664-8 PIMIENTO PEPPER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8U2-0000489-7 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 27 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 2026-06-30. To get new ones for Peru by email, watch Peru.
Peru country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →