When does Costa Rica export bananas?

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

When do Costa Rica bananas arrive in Europe?

On the Costa Rica → Rotterdam run, quoted at 14–19 days port to port, that window lands around Year-round — year-round. Add the road leg at either end.

Costa Rica banana export season (2026)

Costa Rica banana export season

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

Ships

Year-round

Lands

Year-round

on the Costa Rica → Rotterdam run, 14–19 days

Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica	Ships ships year-round
Costa Rica → Rotterdam 14–19 days · year-round	Lands year-round on the Costa Rica → 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 Moín and Caldera

Year-round out of Moín, on standing programmes. Costa Rica has among the most consistent banana quality of any origin and prices accordingly.

Moín’s rebuilt terminal is the reason this works at the volume it does — it is the one part of the Central American Caribbean coast with the depth and the crane capacity for the ships the trade now uses.

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

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