Bangladesh — Fruits and Vegetables
Bangladesh received 25 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2026-Q1, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are dimethoate, omethoate, and ethion.
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Key figures
If you import fruits and vegetables from Bangladesh
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 30% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 44%; destroyed 40%; re-dispatched or destroyed 12%; not stated 4%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Italy (10), Germany (5), Greece (5), of 25 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- February, May, April, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorpyrifos (8), fenpropathrin (8), dimethoate (7), omethoate (7), chlorfenapyr (5).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 4 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Vegetables | 11 | — | — | fenpropathrin |
| Peppers & Chilies | 5 | — | — | ethion |
| Other | 5 | — | — | — |
| Citrus | 3 | — | — | chlorpyrifos |
| Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates) | 1 | — | — | dinotefuran |
| Berries & Grapes | 0 | — | — | — |
| Leafy & Herbs | 0 | — | — | — |
"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
- 2026.6010 Pesticide residues (fipronil, diafenthiuron, ethion, profenofos and propargite) in dry chilli from Bangladesh Notified by Greece. Result 0.47 ± 0.24 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). diafenthiuronethionfipronilprofenofos+1 more
- 2026.4263 Chlorpyrifos in lemons from Bangladesh Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result O,11+/ - 0,06 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.3648 Novel food non autorizzato: Olive congelate (Sp. Elaeocarpus serratus)/ unauthorised novel food frozen olives (Elaeocarpus serratus) from Bangladesh Notified by Italy.
- 2026.1126 Pesticide residues in beans from Bangladesh Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,020 ± 0,010 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrdimethoatefenpropathrinfenvalerate+2 more
- 2026.1123 Pesticide residues in helmet beans (Lablab purpureus) from Bangladesh Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,055 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrdimethoatefenpropathriniprodione+1 more
- 2026.1034 Pesticides (chlorpyrifos) in helmet beans Notified by Sweden. Destroyed. Result 0,027 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.1031 Dimethoate and omethoate in seem beans from Bangladesh Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.088 ± 0.044 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoateomethoate
- 2026.0617 Carbendazim, Omethoate and Dimethoate in lablab purpureus from Bangladesh Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.59 ± 0.30 (limit 0,2 mg/kg - ppm). benomil/carbendazimdimethoateomethoate
- 2025.10401 Pesticides residues in Beans from Bangladesh Notified by Belgium. Destroyed. Result 0.45 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). carbofurandimethoatefenpropathrinhexaflumuron+5 more
- 2025.6395 Trigonella foenum- graecum novel food non autorizzato in preparazioni di olive dal Bangladesh// Trigonella foenum-graecum novel food not authorized in olive preparations from Bangladesh Notified by Italy.
- 2025.6393 Trigonella foenum- graecum novel food non autorizzato in preparazioni di frutta dal Bangladesh//Trigonella foenum- graecum novel food not authorized in fruit preparations from Bangladesh Notified by Italy.
- 2025.5788 Carbaryl,Dinotefuran in Mango from Bangladesh Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,054+/-0,027 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbaryldinotefuran
- 2025.5612 Ethion in chilly powder from Banglandesh Notified by Greece. Destroyed. Result 1.30 ± 0.65 (limit 0.10 mg/kg - ppm). ethion
- 2025.4021 Unauthorized substances chlorpyrifos, tolfenpyrad, ethion, propargite, indoxacarb, fipronil and other pesticide residues in chilli powder from Bangladesh Notified by Greece. Result 0.039 ± 0.020 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosethionfipronilindoxacarb+2 more
- 2025.3945 Unauthorized substance diafenthiuron in chilli peppers from Bangladesh Notified by Greece. Result 0.86 ± 0.43 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). diafenthiuron
- 2025.3942 Unauthorised substances: ethion, tolfenpyrad, propargite and fipronil in dry chilli peppers from Bangladesh Notified by Greece. Destroyed. Result 0.43 ± 0.22 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). ethionfipronilpropargitetolfenpyrad
- 2025.2605 Fieno greco (foglie?) tra gli ingredienti di preparazioni vegetali dal Bangladesh: novel food non autorizzato/unauthorized novel food fenugreek leaves (Trigonella foenum graecum) (leaves?) among the ingredients of vegetable preparations from Bangladesh Notified by Italy.
- 2025.0356 Pesticides in helmet beans Notified by Sweden. Destroyed. Result 0,38 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoatefenpropathrinomethoate
- 2024.9157 Syzygium cumini (unauthorized novel food) from Bangladesh Notified by Italy. Destroyed.
- 2024.3941 Pesticide residues in Zara (citrus medica) from Bangladesh Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,084 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosdimethoateiprodioneomethoate
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 19 notifications since 2020 concerned fruits and vegetables from Bangladesh found after entering the EU — 2 alerts, 17 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: at the EU border 79%, official control on the market 21%. 6 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 to date | 4 | 1 | 3 |
- 2026.7444 alertCarbendazim above legal limits in mangoes from Bangladesh Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 1.5+/-0.8 (limit 0.5 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazim
- 2026.7392 info: attentionCarbendazim and difenoconazole in lychees from Bangladesh Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,28 ± 0,14 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimdifenoconazole
- 2026.6714 info: attentionUnauthorised substance propiconazole in fresh mangoes from Bangladesh Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,023 ± 0,012 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). propiconazole
- 2026.5110 info: attentionPesticides multiresidues in Litchi chinensis from Bangladesh Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 1.0±0.5 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinbenomil/carbendazimchlorantraniliproleclothianidin+3 more
- 2025.6206 info: attentionExcessive levels of pesticides in lychees from Bangladesh Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,38 ± 0,19 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazim
- 2025.5549 info: attentioncarbendazim in mango Notified by Italy. At the EU border. Result 1,24+/-0,62. carbendazim
- 2025.3268 alertCadmium in frozen okra from Bangladesh Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.029 (limit 0.020 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2024.0779 info: attentionCarbofuran and dimethoate in seambeans from Bangladesh Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,015 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbofurandimethoate
- 2023.6624 info: attentionDimethoate, metalaxyl and propargite in Seem beans (Lablab purpureus) from Bangladesh Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,075 ± 0,038 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoatemetalaxylpropargite
- 2023.3894 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in manghi from Bangladesh/Unauthorised substance chlorpyriphos in mangoes from Bangladesh Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,026 +/- 0,013 mg (limit 0,01 mg /kg). chlorpyrifos
Data and downloads
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