When does Colombia export bananas?

Colombia ships bananas year-round. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

When do Colombia bananas arrive in Europe?

On the Colombia → Rotterdam run, quoted at 13–18 days port to port, that window lands around Year-round — year-round. Add the road leg at either end.

Colombia banana export season (2026)

Colombia banana export season

Colombia ships bananas year-round. Lands year-round on the Colombia → Rotterdam run.

Ships

Year-round

Lands

Year-round

on the Colombia → Rotterdam run, 13–18 days

Colombia bananas: 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 Colombia	Ships ships year-round
Colombia → Rotterdam 13–18 days · year-round	Lands year-round on the Colombia → Rotterdam run

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

Varieties Cavendish Load ports Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo, and Buenaventura

Every week of the year, out of Urabá and the Magdalena region through Turbo, Santa Marta and Cartagena. Colombia has shipped bananas on standing programmes for a century and the lane never closes.

The Caribbean ports are the shortest hop from South America to both Rotterdam and the US East Coast, which is Colombia’s structural advantage on a product where the fruit itself is indistinguishable between origins.

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

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Colombia banana export season

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