Vietnam — Fruits and Vegetables — Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates)
Vietnam received 27 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates), part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 5 in 2024-Q1, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are dithiocarbamates, dimethomorph, and acetamiprid. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 600.5 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Vietnam 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; 20 carry the laboratory result and 14 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) from Vietnam
Higher risk. Vietnam ranks 2nd of 6 origins shipping tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 600.5 — above 80% of them.
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- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 30% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 859 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the 4th highest rejection rate of 6 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 0.6 t (median of 20 lot weights recorded at the border). Across origins of this product they run from 0.6 t (Vietnam) to 5 t (Turkey), so compare the rate per tonne, not the count of rejections.
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 58%; held, final fate not recorded 21%; re-dispatched or destroyed 17%; 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
- France (15), Netherlands (7), Italy (1), of 24 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- January, April, May, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- dimethomorph (6), dithiocarbamates (6), acetamiprid (5), forchlorfenuron (4), azoxystrobin (3).
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-Q3 | 1 |
| 2023-Q4 | 3 |
| 2024-Q1 | 5 |
| 2024-Q2 | 5 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.4044 Dragon Fruit Vietnam Pesticide Residu Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.024 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). iprodione
- 2025.10439 Chlorfenapyr and Iprodione in dragon fruits from Vietnam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.23 ± 0.12 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyriprodione
- 2025.10041 Dragon Fruit Vietnam Pesticide Residu Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.3 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazim
- 2025.7844 Dithiocarbamates in dragon fruits from Vietnam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.15 ± 0.08 (limit 0,050 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2025.6921 Dragon Fruit Vietnam Pesticide Residu Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.15 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2025.3474 Pitahaya Vietnam Pesticide Residue Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.55 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). permethrin
- 2025.3152 Dithiocarbamate in dragon fruits from Vietnam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.20 ± 0.10 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2025.0767 Multiple pesticide residues in dragon fruits from Viet Nam Notified by France. Result 1.2 ± 0.60 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). Forchlorfenurondithiocarbamatespropiconazolethiamethoxam
- 2025.0630 Pitahaya Vietnam Pesticide Residue Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.15 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2025.0540 Pyraclostrobin in dragon fruits from Viet Nam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.050 ± 0.025 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). pyraclostrobin
- 2024.9214 Chlorfenapyr in dragon fruits from Vietnam Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.072±0.036 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyr
- 2024.7013 dimethomorph and dithiocarbamates (as cs2) in pitaya from Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.11 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethomorphdithiocarbamates
- 2024.5271 Multiple pesticide residues in durians from Viet Nam Notified by France. Result 0.065±0.033 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipriddimethomorphlambda-cyhalothrin
- 2024.4643 Pesticide residues in durians from Vietnam Notified by France. Result Lambda- cyhalothrine 0.065±0.033 mg/kg (limit 0,010 mg/kg mg/kg - ppm). acetamipriddimethomorphlambda-cyhalothrin
- 2024.4632 Carbendazim and other pesticides in fresh durian from Vietnam Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 6,3 +/- 3,2 mg (limit 0,1 mg /kg). Azoxystrobincarbendazimdimethomorphfipronil+1 more
- 2024.4185 Multiple pesticide residues in durian from Viet Nam Notified by France. Result 0.15±0.08 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). AzoxystrobinProcymidonacephateacetamiprid+13 more
- 2024.3731 Plaguicidas en durianes de Vietnam. Pesticides in durians from Vietnam. Notified by Spain. Result 0,21 ± 50% (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemethamidophos
- 2024.2543 chlorothalonil and iprodione in red pitahaya from Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.034 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothaloniliprodione
- 2024.1404 Large number of pesticide residues in durian from Vietnam Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 17 (limit 7 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinacetamipriddimethomorphdinotefuran+10 more
- 2024.1184 Forchlorfenuron in pitahayas from Vietnam Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.037 ± 0.019 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Forchlorfenuron
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 22 notifications since 2020 concerned tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) from Vietnam found after entering the EU — 3 alerts, 19 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 36%, official control on the market 36%, monitoring or surveillance sample 14%, company's own check 14%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 to date | 7 | 0 | 7 |
- 2026.8431 info: attentionPesticide residues in Longan from Vietnam Notified by Germany. At the EU border. Result 0,024 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Imidacloprideacetamipridlambda-cyhalothrinspirodiclofen
- 2026.7466 info: attentionUnauthorised pesticides in lychee fruit from Vietnam. Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,56 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinlambda-cyhalothrinthiamethoxam
- 2026.5988 info: attentionVarious pesticides in rambutan Notified by Netherlands. Monitoring or surveillance sample. Result 0,39 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrclothianidindinotefuranhexaconazole+5 more
- 2026.5369 info: attentionPesticide Residues in Fresh Lychees from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,056 ± 0,028. Azoxystrobinchlorantraniliprolechlorfluazuronclothianidin+7 more
- 2026.2453 info: attentionAcetamiprid and dithiocarbamates in longan from Vietnam via the Czech Republic Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,24 +/- 0,12 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipriddithiocarbamates
- 2026.2424 info: attentionPesticide residues in rambutan Notified by Switzerland. At the EU border. Result 1.7. chlorantraniliproleindoxacarblambda-cyhalothrinthiamethoxam
- 2026.1406 info: attentionAcetamiprid, Chlorantraniliprole and Chlorpyrifos in fresh mango from Vietnam Notified by Norway. Monitoring or surveillance sample. Result 0,012. acetamipridchlorantraniliprolechlorpyrifos
- 2025.8655 info: attentionPesticides in Rambutan from Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,23 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatecypermethrinflubendiamidemethamidophos
- 2025.6275 info: attentionUndeclared sulphites in dried mango from Vietnam Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 55,2. sulphite
- 2025.5476 alertPesticide residues in lychees from Vietnam Notified by Germany. At the EU border. Result 0,052 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinacetamipridclothianidindinotefuran+4 more
Data and downloads
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