When does Chile export cherries?

Chile ships cherries November–January, with October at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

When do Chile cherries arrive in Europe?

On the Chile → Rotterdam run, quoted at 24–32 days port to port, that window lands around week 47–10 — November–March. Add the road leg at either end.

Chile cherry export season (2026)

Chile cherry export season

Chile ships cherries November–January, with October at the shoulders. Lands November–March on the Chile → Rotterdam run.

Ships

November–January

October at the shoulders

Lands

week 47–10

on the Chile → Rotterdam run, 24–32 days

Chile cherries: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage	Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Ships out of Chile	Ships november–january peak · october shoulder
Chile → Rotterdam 24–32 days · week 47–10	Lands week 47–10 on the Chile → Rotterdam run

Peak Shoulder Landing Port to port, across services rather than one schedule. Add the road leg at either end.

Varieties Lapins, Santina, Regina Load ports Valparaíso, San Antonio, and Coronel

Roughly November to January, with the commercially critical weeks being whichever ones land the fruit in China before Chinese New Year. Chile is effectively the only Southern Hemisphere origin shipping cherries at scale.

Everything about this window is compressed. Dedicated charter vessels sail direct to Asia, transshipment is avoided because it costs days the season does not have, and a rolled booking in December does not move a shipment — it changes what the shipment is worth.

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

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