When does Chile export pears?

Chile ships pears February–April, with May–June at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

When do Chile pears arrive in Europe?

On the Chile → Philadelphia run, quoted at 14–21 days port to port, that window lands around week 7–21 — February–May. Add the road leg at either end.

Chile pear export season (2026)

Chile pear export season

Chile ships pears February–April, with May–June at the shoulders. Lands February–May on the Chile → Philadelphia run.

Ships

February–April

May–June at the shoulders

Lands

week 7–21

on the Chile → Philadelphia run, 14–21 days

Chile pears: 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 february–april peak · may–june shoulder
Chile → Philadelphia 14–21 days · week 7–21	Lands week 7–21 on the Chile → Philadelphia run
Chile → Rotterdam 24–32 days · week 8–22	Lands week 8–22 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 Packham's Triumph, Beurré Bosc Load ports Valparaíso, San Antonio, and Coronel

Roughly February to June, running with the apple programme and frequently in the same booking.

Pears are less tolerant than apples of temperature drift in transit, and they are ripened at destination on the importer’s schedule. What a pear container’s reefer actually did on the voyage is worth more than what the schedule said it would do.

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

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Chile pear export season

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