South Korea — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Vegetables-Other
Above the median. South Korea ranks 15th of 31 origins shipping vegetables-other to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 1,476 — above 53% of them.
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South Korea received 77 FDA import refusals in Vegetables-Other, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 22 in 2025-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are listeria, poisonous, and pesticide. Measured against US import value, that runs at 1,476 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from South Korea over the last 3 years.
Of these, 56 were hazard refusals and 21 were paperwork refusals.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Recent rejections
- ASW-0145164-9 DSWISEAWEED, DRIED OR PASTE poisonous
- DQ7-0304711-7 DWCIKONJAC, JUICE OR DRINK (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) no process
- ASW-0145158-1 DWCISEAWEED, DRIED OR PASTE poisonous
- HE8-0213283-8 DWCIENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) listeria
- HE8-0213214-3 DWCIENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) listeria
- HE8-0213327-3 DWCIENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) poisonouslisteria
- 9GH-0039565-5 DNEISCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- B7S-2603225-1 DWCILEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. pesticide
- HE8-0213110-3 DWCIENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) listeria
- ASW-0144999-9 DWCISEAWEED, DRIED OR PASTE poisonous
- U47-2601680-9 DNEIENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) listeria
- DF4-1640139-9 DNEISEAWEED (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) fsvp vio
- 8TV-2702505-6 DWCIROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE, JUICE OR DRINK, N.E.C. 807refusal
- EJA-5223952-4 DWCISOYBEANS (SEE INDUSTRY 37 FOR BEAN CURD), DRIED OR PASTE refuse ei
- U47-2506562-5 DNEISEAWEED, DRIED OR PASTE poisonous
- U47-2511243-5 DNEIONION BULB (YELLOW, WHITE, RED, ETC.), JUICE OR DRINK inadprcctl
- NQA-0001436-2 DWCISEAWEED, DRIED OR PASTE poisonous
- 84A-0091068-0 DWCIENOKITAKE listeriamfr insanmfr inj
- EJA-5215173-7 DWCIENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) listeriamfr inj
- B7S-2506173-1 DWCIENOKITAKE listeriamfr insan