Thailand — Nuts and Edible Seeds — Other-Nuts
Thailand received 37 FDA import refusals in Other-Nuts, part of Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 6 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are poisonous substance, poisonous or deleterious substance, and unsafe food additive. Measured against US import value, that runs at 104.8 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Thailand over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import other-nuts from Thailand
Above the median. Thailand ranks 3rd of 6 origins shipping other-nuts to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 104.8 — above 60% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 41 refusals in the last 3 years, 41 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 3,604 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 3rd highest refusal rate of 4 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (29); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (4); DNEI — Northeast (4).
- Riskiest months
- February, April, July, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- poisonous substance (29), poisonous or deleterious substance (6), unsafe food additive (6), pesticide residue (2), filth (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (2), label not conspicuous (1), no net quantity (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-9664840-5 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- AEK-9701200-7 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- AEK-9664727-4 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- AEK-9607166-5 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- AEK-0953824-9 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- SCS-0128470-0 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- SCS-0437615-6 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- SCS-7483681-4 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- SCS-5008640-1 BETEL NUT, NUT FLOUR/MEAL Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- AEK-0441378-6 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- AEK-0346858-3 BETEL NUT, NUT FLOUR/MEAL Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- 1FX-1221965-4 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. unsafe food additive
- AEK-0285558-2 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- 1FX-1349369-6 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. unsafe food additive
- AEK-9488046-3 BETEL NUT, NUT FLOUR/MEAL Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- AEK-9488079-4 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- AEK-9488201-4 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- AEK-9500954-2 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- SCS-5385948-9 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- E8F-2503670-0 BETEL NUT, NUT FLOUR/MEAL Import division DNBI. poisonous substanceSalmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 48 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 2026-10-02. To get new ones for Thailand by email, watch Thailand.
Thailand country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →