Vietnam — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products and Starch — Rice
Vietnam received 7 FDA import refusals in Rice, part of Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products and Starch between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is falling year-on-year. The most-cited issue is pesticide residue. Measured against US import value, that runs at 37.1 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Vietnam over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import rice from Vietnam
Below the median. Vietnam ranks 6th of 8 origins shipping rice to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 37.1 — above 29% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 7 refusals in the last 3 years, 7 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 25,533 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 3rd highest refusal rate of 5 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (6); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (7).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 427-8801551-1 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- B3T-2600511-5 RICE, JASMINE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 427-8801010-8 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 9PS-1165032-6 RICE, FRAGRANT, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 9PS-1165037-5 RICE, FRAGRANT, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 9PS-1164465-9 RICE, FRAGRANT, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- TZ6-6145551-7 RICE, JASMINE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- ATG-1136223-9 RICE, JASMINE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 8 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 2026-07-14. To get new ones for Vietnam by email, watch Vietnam.
Vietnam country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →