Tunisia — Fruit and Fruit Products — Tropical
Tunisia received 8 FDA import refusals in Tropical, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, pesticide residue, and nutrition labeling. Measured against US import value, that runs at 102.7 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Tunisia over the last 3 years.
Key figures
If you import tropical from Tunisia
Below the median. Tunisia ranks 10th of 15 origins shipping tropical to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 102.7 — above 36% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 8 refusals in the last 3 years, 8 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 2,144 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 6th highest refusal rate of 9 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (3); DWCI — West Coast (3); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- September, May, August, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (5), pesticide residue (4).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition 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.
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Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 8M6-0076332-4 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- 8M6-0076528-7 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- J89-0147120-3 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 820-7074880-9 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DSEI. filth
- EJ4-0054748-8 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- J89-0144027-3 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 541-2791250-6 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. pesticide residuenutrition labeling
- SCS-3038451-9 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residuefilth
- 788-1794665-6 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. filth
- J89-0140044-2 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNBI. filth
- 165-0601670-4 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DSWI. filth
- 8M6-0056302-1 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- ED2-2000136-3 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNBI. filth
- SGL-5003670-6 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. filth
- D40-0423231-8 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 15 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 2026-09-30. To get new ones for Tunisia by email, watch Tunisia.