Peru — Vegetables and Vegetable Products
Peru received 40 FDA import refusals in Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 10 in 2023-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issue is pesticide residue. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Peru, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import vegetables and vegetable products from Peru
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 29 refusals in the last 3 years, 28 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (13); DNEI — Northeast (12); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (4).
- Riskiest months
- November, June, July, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (28).
- Paperwork to get right
- FSVP violation (1), 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 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepper | 16 | 3,206 t | 76.4 | pesticide residue |
| Vegetables-Other | 13 | 53,029 t | 10.0 | pesticide residue |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 29 | 25,540 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
- 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
- J60-0046676-9 SHALLOT (ONION) (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 106-0319264-1 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- B7E-0033216-1 SUGAR SNAP PEAS Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- B7E-0033258-3 SUGAR SNAP PEAS Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- B7E-0033244-3 SUGAR SNAP PEAS Import division DSEI. 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
- B7E-0032738-5 SUGAR SNAP PEAS Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- B7E-0032774-0 SUGAR SNAP PEAS Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 67 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 →