Season calendar

Australia mandarin export season

Australia ships mandarins May–August, with April and September–October at the shoulders. Lands May–September on the Australia → Hong Kong run.

Ships
May–August
April, September–October at the shoulders
Lands
week 19–38
on the Australia → Hong Kong run, 11–18 days
Australia mandarins: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage Month
Ships out of Australia Ships may–august peak · april, september–october shoulder
Australia → Hong Kong 11–18 days · week 19–38 Lands week 19–38 on the Australia → Hong Kong run
Australia → United States 18–26 days · week 20–39 Lands week 20–39 on the Australia → United States run
Peak Shoulder Landing Port to port, across services rather than one schedule. Add the road leg at either end.

Varieties Imperial, Afourer, Murcott Load ports Melbourne, Sydney, Fremantle, and Brisbane

Roughly April to October, opening with Imperials and finishing with the late Murcotts and Afourers. It runs a few weeks ahead of the Navel window and overlaps it in the middle, so an Australian citrus programme is usually both fruits on one booking.

Easy-peelers are the part of the Australian citrus trade most exposed to how the fruit is handled after discharge: they are thinner-skinned than a Navel, they are sold on appearance, and a container that waits at a congested terminal in Hong Kong loses condition faster than the oranges beside it.

Last reviewed August 2026. Editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule. Weather moves them, sometimes by weeks.

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