Turkey — Fruit and Fruit Products — Berries-Grapes
Turkey received 14 FDA import refusals in Berries-Grapes, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q2, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, filth, and sulfites not declared. Measured against US import value, that runs at 1,955 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Turkey over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import berries-grapes from Turkey
Higher risk. Turkey ranks 2nd of 8 origins shipping berries-grapes to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 1,955 — above 86% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 18 refusals in the last 3 years, 17 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 511 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 2nd highest refusal rate of 7 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (11); DWCI — West Coast (3); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (2).
- Riskiest months
- August, October, July, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (12), filth (7).
- Paperwork to get right
- label not conspicuous (1), no manufacturer name (1), 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.
Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- BWS-0007112-9 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residuefilth
- 1FX-4937773-3 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- 1FX-3275471-6 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- SCS-8521605-5 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 879-4083440-8 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residuefilth
- 820-7082210-9 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8NP-0127464-0 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 820-7082349-5 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8GM-0099781-0 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8GM-0099109-4 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- EAY-0048236-9 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- F23-9328380-9 CURRANTS, BLACK, JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES, MARMALADE, BUTTER AND CANDIED Import division DNBI. sulfites not declaredlabel not conspicuousnutrition labeling
- 8V6-0043149-9 MULBERRY, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 8V6-0042181-3 MULBERRY, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. filthno manufacturer name
- DP4-3678834-4 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- DP4-3678835-1 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- DP4-3681557-6 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- 799-7802174-9 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- DP4-3680768-0 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- DP4-3681550-1 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 40 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 2026-10-21. To get new ones for Turkey by email, watch Turkey.
Turkey country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →