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

5 2023-Q4 2023-Q4: 5 4 2024-Q1 2024-Q1: 4 18 2024-Q2 2024-Q2: 18 5 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 5 0 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 0 1 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 1 4 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 4 22 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 22 4 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 4 3 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 3 4 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 4 7 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 7

Recent rejections