RASFF Border Rejections Notified by Croatia
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Croatia issued 301 RASFF border rejections between 2019 and 2026, 3.0% of all EU border rejections in the dataset. The origins it rejects most often are Turkey, Albania, Serbia. Its most-rejected product category is Fruits and Vegetables. Volume in 2025 was down 17% on 2024.
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Key figures
- What Croatia does with rejected consignments, since 2020
- Destroyed: 55%; Re-dispatched: 33%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 6%; Not stated: 5%; Held, final fate not recorded: 1% (all EU border rejections: held, final fate not recorded 33%; destroyed 21%; re-dispatched 19%; re-dispatched or destroyed 13%; treated, sorted or diverted 8%; not stated 6%). Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Border rejections notified by Croatia, by year
| Year | Border rejections | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | — | |
| 2020 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | 33 | +371.4% | |
| 2022 | 32 | -3.0% | |
| 2023 | 40 | +25.0% | |
| 2024 | 70 | +75.0% | |
| 2025 | 58 | -17.1% | |
| 2026 | 60 | — | YTD |
| Total | 301 |
Origins most rejected by Croatia
| # | Origin country | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 44 |
| 2 | Albania | 37 |
| 3 | Serbia | 30 |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29 |
| 5 | North Macedonia | 27 |
| 6 | China | 24 |
| 7 | India | 24 |
| 8 | Egypt | 21 |
| 9 | Iran | 8 |
| 10 | United States | 7 |
| 11 | Kosovo | 3 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 3 |
| 13 | Brazil | 2 |
| 14 | Ecuador | 2 |
| 15 | Indonesia | 2 |
| 16 | Iraq | 2 |
| 17 | Malaysia | 2 |
| 18 | Peru | 2 |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 2 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 2 |
| 22 | Argentina | 1 |
| 23 | Belarus | 1 |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 1 |
| 25 | Cambodia | 1 |
| 26 | Croatia | 1 |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 1 |
| 28 | Georgia | 1 |
| 29 | Germany | 1 |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 1 |
Product categories rejected by Croatia
| # | Product category | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fruits and Vegetables | 163 |
| 2 | Food Contact Materials | 23 |
| 3 | Cereals and Bakery Products | 18 |
| 4 | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | 18 |
| 5 | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 13 |
| 6 | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | 12 |
| 7 | Fats and Oils | 10 |
| 8 | Other Food Product / Mixed | 10 |
| 9 | Herbs and Spices | 9 |
| 10 | Confectionery | 8 |
| 11 | Non-Alcoholic Beverages | 5 |
| 12 | Prepared Dishes and Snacks | 4 |
| 13 | Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | 2 |
| 14 | Alcoholic Beverages | 1 |
| 15 | Food Additives and Flavourings | 1 |
Recent rejections notified by Croatia
- 2026.9527 Aflatoxins (aflatoxin B1 and total) in dried figs from AlbaniaFrom Albania, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 47.5+/-8.2 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.9523 Chlorfenapyr in red peppers from AlbaniaFrom Albania, Fruits and Vegetables. Result 0,052 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm).
- 2026.9297 Chlorpyrifos in bananas from Ecuador via Bosnia and HerzegovinaFrom Ecuador, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0,022.
- 2026.9024 Absence of official controls and CHED-D for dried ginger from IndiaFrom India, Herbs and Spices. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.8871 Mycotoxins in biscuit with fig filling from Bosnia and HerzegovinaFrom Bosnia and Herzegovina, Confectionery. Destroyed.
- 2026.8660 Proquinazide in red peppers from AlbaniaFrom Albania, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed.
- 2026.8530 Pesticides residues in fresh hot peppers from Republic of North MacedonicaFrom North Macedonia, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 1,8.
- 2026.8442 High content of nickel in peppers from KosovoFrom Kosovo, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 1,96 (limit 0,4 mg/kg - ppm).
- 2026.8432 Flonicamid in red peppers from AlbaniaFrom Albania, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0,8.
- 2026.8331 Formetanate hydrochloride in hot peppers from Republic of North MacedoniaFrom North Macedonia, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0,82.
- 2026.8283 Shipment of green tea from Serbia without accompanying documentation From China, Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.7962 Flonicamid and acetamiprid in peppers from AlbaniaFrom Albania, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 2,6.
- 2026.7900 Proquinazid in red pepper from AlbaniaFrom Albania, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0,050.
- 2026.7880 Acetamiprid in red peppers from Republic of North MacedoniaFrom Albania, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0,23.
- 2026.7735 Azinphos-methyl in hot peppers from Republic of North MacedoniaFrom North Macedonia, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0,066.
- 2026.7556 Ochratoxin A in biscuit with fig filling from Bosnia and HerzegovinaFrom Bosnia and Herzegovina, Confectionery. Destroyed. Result 12 ;6,78.
- 2026.7502 Etoxazole in peach from TurkeyFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0,084.
- 2026.7489 Pesticide residues in horn peppers from Republic of North MacedoniaFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0,059.
- 2026.7341 High content of nickel in nectarine from TurkyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0,238.
- 2026.7071 Pesticide residues in Kapia peppers from North MacedoniaFrom North Macedonia, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0,093+-0,047 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm).
About RASFF border rejections
What is a RASFF border rejection?
A RASFF border rejection is a notification filed through the EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed recording that a consignment of food or feed was refused entry at the EU's external border after failing an official control. It is one RASFF notification type, alongside alerts and information notifications.
What is the difference between the notifying country and the country of origin?
The notifying country is the EU or EEA member state whose authority detected the problem and filed the rejection — for example France or the Netherlands. The country of origin is where the rejected product was produced or shipped from. These pages rank member states by the number of rejections they issued.
Do border rejections protect the single market?
Yes. By stopping non-compliant consignments at the external frontier, border rejections keep unsafe or mislabelled food and feed out of the EU single market, and the shared RASFF record lets every member state act on the same information.