North Macedonia — Fruits and Vegetables — Other
North Macedonia received 6 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2022-Q1 and 2024-Q4. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q1, with the trend newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos, chlorpyriphos-ethyl, and metalaxyl. The list below gives each of these 7 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 7 carry the laboratory result and 5 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import other from North Macedonia
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 80%; not stated 20%. 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
- Croatia (5), of 5 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorpyrifos (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
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2022-Q1 | 0 |
| 2022-Q2 | 0 |
| 2022-Q3 | 1 |
| 2022-Q4 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 3 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2024.7465 Chlorpyrifos in mixed salad from Republic of Nord Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,071. chlorpyrifos
- 2024.3875 Chlorpyrifos in mixed salad from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,028+/-0,014. chlorpyrifos
- 2024.2035 Chlorpyrifos in mixed salad from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,024. chlorpyrifos
- 2024.1130 Chlorpyrifos in mixed salad from Nord Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Result 0,055. chlorpyriphos-ethyl
- 2024.0469 Chlorpyrifos in a mixed salad from North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,068 +/- 0.034 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2022.4641 metalaxyl in gherkins Notified by Slovenia. Reached the market. Result 0,049 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). metalaxyl
- 2021.6654 Chlorpyifos in apples from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Greece. Destroyed. Result 0,07±0,035 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 1 notifications since 2020 concerned other from North Macedonia found after entering the EU — 1 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 100%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.4536 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in mixed salads from Republic of North Macedonica Notified by Croatia. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,047 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Data and downloads
Download all 8 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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