When does Costa Rica export pineapples?

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

When do Costa Rica pineapples 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 pineapple export season (2026)

Costa Rica pineapple export season

Costa Rica ships pineapples 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 pineapples: 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 MD2 Load ports Moín and Caldera

Every week of the year. Costa Rica is the largest pineapple exporter in the world by a wide margin, and MD2 out of the Caribbean lowlands is what most of Europe eats.

There is no season to plan around, so the questions worth asking are about the container rather than the calendar. Pineapple is chilling-sensitive: too cold and internal browning develops that is invisible until the fruit is cut, which is a claim that arrives weeks after the container did.

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

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Costa Rica pineapple export season

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