When does Colombia export plantains?

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

When do Colombia plantains 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 plantain export season (2026)

Colombia plantain export season

Colombia ships plantains 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 plantains: 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.

Load ports Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo, and Buenaventura

Year-round, on the same programme logic as bananas and frequently on the same vessels out of Urabá.

Colombia’s plantain trade skews towards the United States and towards diaspora retail rather than towards European multiples, which means smaller lots, more mixed loads and more opportunity for a consignment to get split across containers.

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 plantain export season

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