Egypt — Fruits and Vegetables — Citrus
Egypt received 77 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Citrus, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 15 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are chlorpropham, chlorpyrifos, and dimethoate. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 54.5 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Egypt over the last 3 years. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 19 carry the laboratory result and 12 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import citrus from Egypt
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 10% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 17,676 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 48%; destroyed 27%; re-dispatched or destroyed 13%; re-dispatched 9%; not stated 3%. 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
- Netherlands (20), Slovenia (17), Romania (10), of 77 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- May, February, March, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorpropham (25), chlorpyrifos (20), dimethoate (14), profenofos (5), chlorfenapyr (4).
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
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 13 |
| 2024-Q2 | 11 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 15 |
| 2025-Q2 | 10 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 8 |
| 2026-Q2 | 12 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.6163 chlorpropham in oranges from Egypt Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.048 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpropham
- 2026.5876 Chlorpyrifos - ethyl in orange from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. chlorpyrifos
- 2026.5702 chlorpropham in oranges from Egypt Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.060 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpropham
- 2026.5065 Exceeded permitted level of pesticide Chloropham in oranges from Egypt Notified by Malta. Destroyed. Result 0.11 +/- 0.06 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpropham
- 2026.4890 Residues of unauthorised pesticides (Lufenuron and Propiconazole) in Fresh Lemons from Egypt Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.036±0.018 (limit NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN THE EU mg/kg - ppm). lufenuronpropiconazole
- 2026.4572 RESIDUES OF UNAUTHORISED PESTICIDE - CLOTHIANIDIN - IN FRESH LEMONS FROM EGYPT Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.046 +/- 0.023 (limit NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN THE EU mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.4493 dimethoate in Egyptian oranges Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.022. dimethoate
- 2026.4492 oxamyl in Egyptian oranges Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.0052 (limit 0.002 mg/kg - ppm). oxamyl
- 2026.3802 Exceeded MRL pesticide CHLORPROPHAM in oranges from Egypt / Depasire limita la pesticidul CHLORPROPHAM in portocalele din Egipt. Notified by Romania. Result 0,77 +/- 0,039 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpropham
- 2026.3801 Exceeded MRL pesticide CHLORPROPHAM in oranges from Egypt / Depasire limita la pesticidul CHLORPROPHAM in portocalele din Egipt. Notified by Romania. Result 0,041 +/- 0,021 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpropham
- 2026.3724 Exceeded of MRL of pesticide CHLORPROPHAM in oranges from Egypt Notified by Romania. Result 0.338. chlorpropham
- 2026.3384 Exceeded PESTICIDES CHLORPROPHAM in oranges from Egipt Notified by Romania. Re-dispatched. Result 0.099 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpropham
- 2026.3129 Chlorpyrifos - ethyl in orange from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,035+/-0,018 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.3004 Pesticides residues of chlorpropham in orange from Egypt Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,039. chlorpropham
- 2026.2586 Chlorpropham above legal limits in oranges from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. Destroyed. Result 0.036 mg/kg. chlorpropham
- 2026.2432 Exceeded MRL pesticide Oxamyl in oranges from Egypt / Depasire limita la pesticidul Oxamyl in portocalele din Egipt. Notified by Romania. Result 0,061 +/- 0.031 mg/kg (limit 0,002 mg/kg - ppm). oxamyl
- 2026.1898 Dimethoate in oranges from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,061 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoate
- 2026.1702 Chlorpyrifos in orange from Egypt Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.026±0.013 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.1635 Unauthorized levels of chlorpyrifos in oranges from Egypt Notified by Lithuania. Destroyed. Result 0,081 ± 0,041 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.1548 Chlorpyrifos in fresh oranges from Egypt Notified by Greece. Result 0.11±0.06 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 52 notifications since 2020 concerned citrus from Egypt found after entering the EU — 11 alerts, 41 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 38%, at the EU border 35%, company's own check 23%, monitoring or surveillance sample 4%. 4 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5 | 17 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 to date | 3 | 0 | 3 |
- 2026.7005 info: attentionglufosinate in oranges from Egypt via Netherlands Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,18 ±0,09 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). glufosinate
- 2026.3294 info: attentionExceedance of the pesticide lambda-cyhalothrin (0.74 ± 0.37 mg/kg) in Navel oranges from Egypt. Notified by Latvia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.74 ± 0.37 (limit 0,2 mg/kg - ppm). lambda-cyhalothrin
- 2026.1490 info: attentionDepasirea limitei maxime admise pentru clorpirifos in portocale origine Egipt/Exceeding the maximum permitted limit for Chlorpyrifos in oranges originating in Egipt Notified by Romania. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.042 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.5098 info: attentionResidues of unauthorized pesticides Chlorpyrifos in Fresh Lemon from Egypt Notified by Cyprus. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.092±0.046 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.2205 info: attentionDepasire LMA pesticid(chlorpyrifos) in lamai 0,500 kg, origine Egipt///Exceeding the pesticide (chlorpyrifos) in lemons 0.500 kg, origin Egypt Notified by Romania. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0,035 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.1786 info: attentionExcessive pesticide levels in lemons from Egypt Notified by Lithuania. Company's own check, not on the market. Result 0,028 ± 0,014 (limit 0,01 null). chlorpyrifosdiazinon
- 2024.5600 info: attentionpesticide residues in oranges Notified by France. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,012 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoate
- 2024.4409 info: attentionPesticid neautorizat - chlorpirifos in mandarine origine Egipt/Unauthorized pesticide - chlorpirifos in tangerines from Egipt Notified by Romania. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.061 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2024.3718 info: attentionNicotine exceeding MRL in Grapefruit from Egypt through the Netherlands Notified by Malta. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.031 (limit 0.010 mg/kg - ppm). nicotine
- 2024.2730 alertChlorpyrifos in oranges from Egypt, Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.032 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Data and downloads
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