Bangladesh — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds
Bangladesh received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issue is chlorpyrifos. The list below gives each of these 4 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 2 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- EU border checks
- Under EU increased official controls. Consignments from Bangladesh face 20% identity and physical checks at the EU border for Pesticide residues (Annex I). Source: Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, consolidated 2026-06-30.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 1 | — | — | chlorpyrifos |
| Groundnut / Peanut | 1 | — | — | — |
"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
- 2026.9347 Chlorpyrifos in cumin powder from Bangladesh Notified by Greece. chlorpyrifos
- 2025.2611 Additivo non autorizzato (Butilidrossitoluene (BHT) E 321) in barrette di arachidi (snack)/unauthorized additive (Butylhydroxytoluene (BHT) E 321) in peanut bars (snacks) from Bangladesh Notified by Italy.
- 2023.5959 Novel food betel nuts (Areca catechu) imported in Italy from Bangladesh Notified by Italy. Destroyed.
- 2023.5958 Non-authorized Novel food betel nuts (Areca catechu) from Bangladesh Notified by Italy. Destroyed.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds from Bangladesh found after entering the EU — 3 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: official control on the market 100%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.4047 info: attentionUnauthorised novel food betel nut (Areca catechu) Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2024.6629 info: follow-upNon-authorized novel food Areca/Betel Nuts Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market, re-dispatched.
- 2022.6997 info: follow-upNovel food Betel nut (Areca Catechu) from Bangladesh Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market.
Data and downloads
Download all 7 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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Bangladesh country report since 2020 — all notification types, not just border rejections →