South Korea — Vegetables and Vegetable Products

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South Korea received 80 FDA import refusals in 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 poisonous, listeria, and refuse ei. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from South Korea, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

Of these, 57 were hazard refusals and 23 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 6 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 6 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 4 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 4 4 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 4 8 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 8

By commodity, last 156 weeks

Commodity Rejections Per $1B US imports Most-cited hazard
Vegetables-Other 77 1,476 listeria
Pepper 2 refuse ei
Leafy 1 needs fce

Recent rejections