Saudi Arabia — All Categories
Saudi Arabia received 31 FDA import refusals across all food categories between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 7 in 2026-Q2, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide, nutrit lbl, and lacks n/c. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Saudi Arabia, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Of these, 27 were hazard refusals and 4 were paperwork refusals.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soft Drinks and Waters | 4 | — | unsafe col |
| Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings | 1 | — | nutrit lbl |
Recent rejections
- KM6-3680277-9 DNEISoft Drinks and WatersCARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. unsafe col
- 037-0005397-2 DNBIBakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and IcingsFRUIT FILLED FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS colorlabelnutrit lblfalselacks n/c
- EUX-0138630-9 DNEISoft Drinks and WatersSOFT DRINK, CITRUS FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED unsafe col
- 037-0003430-3 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsMANGO, JUICE, MILK, CREME, DRINK OR NECTAR, SUB/TROPICAL FRUIT list ingrefalsepresrv lbllacks firm+4 more
- 037-0003355-2 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsMANGO, JUICE, MILK, CREME, DRINK OR NECTAR, SUB/TROPICAL FRUIT falselacks n/cjuice %nutrit lbl
- 037-0004854-3 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsTAMARIND (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) falselacks n/cno englishusual name+2 more
- 037-0004624-0 DNBISoft Drinks and WatersSOFT DRINK, BERRY FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED unsafe collist ingreinconspiculacks n/c+1 more
- 8GQ-0061285-2 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) list ingrepesticidenutrit lbllacks n/c
- 196-2560088-7 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES, DRIED OR PASTE filthy
- 8RG-2587049-0 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) pesticide
- 196-1550450-3 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) pesticide
- 9DH-0074548-4 DSWIFruit and Fruit ProductsFRUIT COCTAIL, MIXED FRUIT, JUICES OR CONCENTRATES unsafe col
- 9DH-0072863-9 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsFRUIT COCTAIL, MIXED FRUIT, JUICES OR CONCENTRATES unsafe collist ingrecolor lblgpresrv lbl+4 more
- J89-0146030-5 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 879-4075043-0 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- H67-1689010-7 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) pesticide
- KM6-3649067-4 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- NTW-0000206-6 DNBIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 8RG-2571162-9 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 8GX-8015166-5 DSWIFruit and Fruit ProductsDATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) filthy