South Korea — Vegetables and Vegetable Products
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
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
- U47-2608728-9 DWCIPEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE refuse ei
- 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-5223830-2 DWCIPEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE 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