Turkey — Fruit and Fruit Products — Citrus
Turkey received 6 FDA import refusals in Citrus, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q1 and 2025-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2025-Q3. The most-cited issues are juice HACCP failure, unsafe color additive, and substitution. Measured against US import value, that runs at 353.4 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 citrus from Turkey
Above the median. Turkey ranks 3rd of 5 origins shipping citrus to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 353.4 — above 50% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 6 refusals in the last 3 years, 1 were hazard findings and 5 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 1,950 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
- DNEI — Northeast (6).
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- juice HACCP failure (4).
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 7 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Recent refusals
- 8NR-0017257-9 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DNEI. juice HACCP failure
- 8NR-0017203-3 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DNEI. juice HACCP failure
- 8GM-0102941-5 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DNEI. juice HACCP failure
- 8NR-0016848-6 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DNEI. juice HACCP failure
- 417-0384825-3 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- 417-0381599-7 LEMON, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DNEI. substitution
Data and downloads
Download all 6 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 2025-08-27. To get new ones for Turkey by email, watch Turkey.
Turkey country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →