Vietnam — Nuts and Edible Seeds — Other-Nuts
Vietnam received 21 FDA import refusals in Other-Nuts, part of Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 4 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are poisonous substance, poisonous or deleterious substance, and unsafe food additive. Measured against US import value, that runs at 27.9 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 other-nuts from Vietnam
Lower risk. Vietnam ranks 5th of 6 origins shipping other-nuts to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 27.9 — above 20% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 29 refusals in the last 3 years, 28 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 4,609 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the lowest refusal rate of 4 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (21); DNEI — Northeast (4); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (4).
- Riskiest months
- November, August, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- poisonous substance (13), poisonous or deleterious substance (9), unsafe food additive (6), pesticide residue (4), unsafe color additive (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (1), FSVP violation (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- EVR-0195581-9 MELON SEEDS (EDIBLE SEED) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additive
- AWJ-0314828-0 COCONUT, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. FSVP violation
- HK1-2504802-3 COCONUT, SHELLED Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredpesticide residue
- AQZ-0623761-7 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. poisonous substance
- 750-0208165-3 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. poisonous substance
- 9QG-0059262-3 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DWCI. poisonous substance
- 597-0207076-0 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DWCI. poisonous substance
- GL5-5425280-6 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- GL5-5421847-6 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. unsafe food additivepoisonous or deleterious substance
- TZ6-6144924-7 MELON SEEDS (EDIBLE SEED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 115-0118510-9 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. poisonous substance
- GL5-5422313-8 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. poisonous substance
- GL5-5420285-0 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- DZ1-1163465-2 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DWCI. poisonous substance
- DZ1-1162376-2 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. poisonous substance
- 9T4-3049042-0 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSWI. unsafe food additivepoisonous or deleterious substance
- 9T4-3049056-0 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. unsafe food additive
- AC1-8140401-6 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSWI. unsafe food additivepoisonous or deleterious substance
- KM6-1608607-0 MELON SEEDS (EDIBLE SEED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 9EX-2401731-4 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. poisonous substance
Data and downloads
Download all 39 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 2026-10-01. To get new ones for Vietnam by email, watch Vietnam.
Vietnam country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →