North Macedonia — Fruits and Vegetables — Peppers & Chilies
North Macedonia received 9 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Peppers & Chilies, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are formetanate, dodine, and azinphos-methyl. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 249.2 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from North Macedonia over the last 3 years. The list below gives each of these 10 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 9 carry the laboratory result and 10 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import peppers & chilies from North Macedonia
Below the median. North Macedonia ranks 8th of 11 origins shipping peppers & chilies to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 249.2 — above 30% of them.
least riskmost risk
- 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).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 4,455 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the lowest rejection rate of 7 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 100%. 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 (9), of 9 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Test for before shipping
- formetanate (4), dodine (3), azinphos-methyl (2), chlorpyrifos (1), ethoprofos (1).
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 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8530 Pesticides residues in fresh hot peppers from Republic of North Macedonica Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 1,8. azinphos-methyldodine
- 2026.8331 Formetanate hydrochloride in hot peppers from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,82. dodineethoprofosformetanate
- 2026.7735 Azinphos-methyl in hot peppers from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,066. azinphos-methyldodine
- 2026.7071 Pesticide residues in Kapia peppers from North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,093+-0,047 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). formetanate
- 2025.7902 High content of nickel in pepperoni from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,576. nickel
- 2025.7901 Organoleptic changes in the shipment of peppers from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed.
- 2025.6386 Chlorpyrifos in red peppers from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,026 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.6197 Formetanate in fresh peppers from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,059. formetanate
- 2024.6856 Formetanate hydrochloride in fresh peppers from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,043 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). formetanate
- 2023.6363 Pesticide residues of formetanate in peppers from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,13 +/- 0,07 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). formetanate
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 2 notifications since 2020 concerned peppers & chilies from North Macedonia found after entering the EU — 2 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 50%, consumer complaint or illness 50%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.7572 info: attentionMethomyl in peppers from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,049 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). methomyl
- 2024.3987 info: attentionInsect larva in a jar of roasted peppers Notified by Croatia. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
Data and downloads
Download all 12 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
The file holds entries up to 2026-09-25. To get new ones for North Macedonia by email, watch North Macedonia.