Taiwan — Fruit and Fruit Products — Citrus
Taiwan received 9 FDA import refusals in Citrus, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q2 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 4 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are bulking agent added, substitution, and no process filing. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Taiwan, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import citrus from Taiwan
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 9 refusals in the last 3 years, 6 were hazard findings and 3 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (7); DNEI — Northeast (1); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (1).
- Test for before shipping
- bulking agent added (5), pesticide residue (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no net quantity (1), no process filing (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 9 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- 00R-0000943-2 LEMON, JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES, MARMALADE, BUTTER AND CANDIED Import division DWCI. no process filing
- T81-0223522-3 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DWCI. bulking agent added
- EKH-0892752-0 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DSWI. bulking agent added
- EKH-0890840-5 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DNEI. bulking agent added
- AY0-0132257-9 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DWCI. substitution
- AY0-0132158-9 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DWCI. bulking agent added
- NIK-0103786-4 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DWCI. bulking agent added
- W69-5091952-3 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- EVR-0133523-6 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DWCI. substitutionno net quantity
Data and downloads
Download all 9 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 2026-06-17. To get new ones for Taiwan by email, watch Taiwan.
Taiwan country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →