Spain — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Herbals-Botanicals
Spain received 5 FDA import refusals in Herbals-Botanicals, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, not in English, and nutrition labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Spain, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import herbals-botanicals from Spain
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 0 were hazard findings and 5 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (5).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (4), not in English (2), supplement labeling (1).
FDA does not publish how many entries it examines, so no page can state a true probability of refusal; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-0704278-0 ALOE (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS) II (CONTINUED)) Import division DSEI. not in English
- AEK-8125185-0 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listedunapproved new drug
- 9K9-1024657-5 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingnot in Englishnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- AEK-5914120-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- M21-0767404-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-3609788-7 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-2000702-5 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-4754639-7 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. labelingnutrition labeling
Data and downloads
Download all 8 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
The file holds entries up to 2026-08-11. To get new ones for Spain by email, watch Spain.
Spain country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →