Vietnam — Fruit and Fruit Products — Tropical
Vietnam received 26 FDA import refusals in Tropical, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 9 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, inadequate process control, and poisonous or deleterious substance. Measured against US import value, that runs at 480.4 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 tropical from Vietnam
Above the median. Vietnam ranks 6th of 15 origins shipping tropical to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 480.4 — above 64% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 23 refusals in the last 3 years, 14 were hazard findings and 9 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 708 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 4th highest refusal rate of 10 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (15); DNEI — Northeast (5); DSEI — Southeast (3).
- Riskiest months
- June, April, October, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (10), poisonous or deleterious substance (4).
- Paperwork to get right
- inadequate process control (6), color not declared (1), no manufacturer name (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Recent refusals
- EVR-0192417-9 PASSION FRUIT, JUICE, MILK, CREME, DRINK OR NECTAR, SUB/TROPICAL FRUIT Import division DSEI. color not declared
- FY1-4096261-1 DURIAN, DURION (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- BQK-2584886-1 DURIAN, DURION (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 231-6437857-9 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSEI. inadequate process control
- EQF-0067363-4 DURIAN, DURION (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 231-6466740-1 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- 9AJ-0010671-9 MANGO, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. no manufacturer namenutrition labeling
- 231-6464797-3 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. inadequate process control
- EQF-0067897-1 DURIAN, DURION (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- BQK-2574180-1 DURIAN, DURION (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 555-0727656-0 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
- 427-8313444-0 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
- K64-1307455-5 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
- K64-3064261-6 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. inadequate process control
- 9T4-3051215-7 BANANA (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 9T4-3051194-4 BANANA (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 9T4-3051128-2 BANANA (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 9T4-3050647-2 BANANA (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- E84-0116057-5 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- AQZ-0605397-2 DRAGON FRUIT, SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 35 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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Vietnam country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →