Vietnam — Nuts and Edible Seeds — Cashew
Vietnam received 36 FDA import refusals in Cashew, part of Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 8 in 2023-Q4, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue and filth. Measured against US import value, that runs at 10.8 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 cashew from Vietnam
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 31 refusals in the last 3 years, 31 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 13,455 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (13); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (10); DNEI — Northeast (7).
- Riskiest months
- July, January, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (22), filth (6), Salmonella (3), insanitary conditions (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 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 551-4180180-0 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- NLR-4034928-4 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 551-4122985-3 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 551-4100714-3 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 551-4106763-4 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- HK8-0365195-7 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- B6S-3515899-0 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- B6S-3516104-4 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- B6S-3515982-4 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 238-1441749-1 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- B6S-3516013-7 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- B6S-3515980-8 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- B6S-3515981-6 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 572-6926603-7 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 238-1440039-8 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- FV4-1004716-4 CASHEW, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- HK8-0356821-9 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DWCI. filth
- 97Y-0207812-7 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 97Y-0206926-6 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 551-1788387-3 CASHEW, SHELLED Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 51 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 2026-09-02. To get new ones for Vietnam by email, watch Vietnam.
Vietnam country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →