United States — Nuts and Edible Seeds — Almond
United States received 8 FDA import refusals in Almond, part of Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2022-Q3 and 2025-Q2. Volume peaked at 4 in 2025-Q2, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, aflatoxin, and not in English. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from United States, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import almond from United States
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 7 refusals in the last 3 years, 6 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (6); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- April, June, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (3), aflatoxin (1), Listeria monocytogenes (1), mycotoxin (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- BNU-0029732-8 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. filth
- F57-6037436-7 ALMOND, BUTTER Import division DNBI. not in English
- 224-3111760-9 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. Listeria monocytogenes
- 224-3111999-3 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. mycotoxin
- 224-4882348-8 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. filth
- 224-4878760-0 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. filth
- BNU-0027476-4 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. aflatoxin
- 9DH-0050696-9 ALMOND, PASTE Import division DWCI. filth
- M42-1311624-5 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. aflatoxin
- 235-2340821-1 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. filth
- 235-2340311-3 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. filth
- BNU-0023750-6 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. aflatoxin
- 221-6163955-8 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. aflatoxin
- BUM-2013283-9 ALMOND, SHELLED Import division DWCI. aflatoxin
Data and downloads
Download all 14 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
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United States country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →