Turkey — Chocolate and Cocoa Products — Chocolate-Cocoa

Above the median. Turkey ranks 3rd of 8 origins shipping chocolate-cocoa to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 249.4 — above 71% of them.

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Turkey received 34 FDA import refusals in Chocolate-Cocoa, part of Chocolate and Cocoa Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 13 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe col, color lblg, and mfr insan. Measured against US import value, that runs at 249.4 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Turkey over the last 3 years.

Of these, 33 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

AZR-0002154-4 2026-07-28 DNBICHOCOLATE COVERED CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe colcolor lblg
8RG-2688475-5 2026-07-27 DWCICHOCOLATE SYRUP (EXCEPT CHOCOLATE CANDY AND CHOCOLATE BEVERAGE BASE) mfr insanmfr inj
8NR-0203121-1 2026-07-13 DNBICHOCOLATE BARS unsafe colcolor lblg
8NR-0202822-5 2026-06-22 DNBICHOCOLATE BARS unsafe colcolor lblg
BQK-2573012-7 2026-05-28 DWCICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe col
1FX-5186225-7 2026-05-04 DSEICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT unsafe col
8NR-0201994-3 2026-03-31 DNBICHOCOLATE BARS unsafe colcolor lblg
EJG-2504965-7 2026-02-24 DNEICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe col
EJG-2504666-1 2026-02-10 DNEICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe colcolor lblg
EJG-2504285-0 2026-02-08 DNEICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe col
NU7-0076119-7 2026-02-04 DSEICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe colcolor lblg
EJG-2504575-4 2026-02-03 DNEICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe colcolor lblg
EJG-2504127-4 2026-02-02 DNEICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) color lblg
8NR-0201437-3 2026-01-30 DNBICHOCOLATE BARS unsafe col
EJG-2504501-0 2026-01-20 DWCICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe colcolorlabel
EJG-2504279-3 2026-01-20 DWCICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe colcolor lblg
EJG-2504187-8 2026-01-14 DNBICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe colcolor lblg
EJG-2504297-5 2026-01-14 DNBICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe colcolor lblg
EJG-2504299-1 2026-01-13 DWCICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe colcolor lblg
EJG-2504188-6 2025-12-23 DSEICHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe colcolor lblg