Azerbaijan — Fruits and Vegetables
Azerbaijan received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fruits and Vegetables between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, acetamiprid, and cypermethrin. The list below gives each of these 4 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 3 carry the laboratory result and 1 says what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- EU border checks
- Under EU increased official controls. Consignments from Azerbaijan face 20% identity and physical checks at the EU border for Aflatoxins (Annex I). Source: Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, consolidated 2026-06-30.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates) | 1 | — | — | lambda-cyhalothrin |
| Other | 1 | — | — | Aflatoxin B1 |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent rejections
- 2026.9265 Pesticide residue in pomegranate from Azerbaijan Notified by Poland. acetamipridcypermethrinindoxacarblambda-cyhalothrin
- 2025.9254 Aflatoxins in hazelnut kernel from Azerbaijan Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 11,2+/-3,4 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2022.1887 Aflatossine oltre i limiti in Nocciole da Azerbaigian Notified by Italy. Result 45.3 ± 17.2 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2021.6957 Aflatoxin B1 in Hazelnut kernels from AZERBAIJAN Notified by Italy. Result Aflatoxin B1 : laboratory sample 1: 39,8 µg/kg +/- 11,8 µg/kg ‘laboratory sample 2: 31… Aflatoxin
Data and downloads
Download all 4 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, with how each was found and what was done.
The file holds entries up to 2026-10-19. To get new ones for Azerbaijan by email, watch Azerbaijan.