What fresh produce does Ecuador export?

Ecuador ships bananas, plantains, mangos, pineapples, and dragon fruits. The calendar on this page gives each one's export window month by month.

When does Ecuador export dragon fruits?

Ecuador ships dragon fruits July–November, with February–April at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

Which ports does Ecuador export fresh produce from?

Guayaquil and Posorja. The load port is worth knowing because the lane's transit — and so the shelf life left on arrival — is measured from it.

Season calendar

Ecuador fresh produce export calendar

Ecuador ships bananas and plantains every week of the year. When mangoes, pineapples and dragon fruit actually have a season, month by month.

Load ports: Guayaquil and Posorja
Produce covered: Banana Plantain Mango Pineapple Dragon fruit
Lanes out of here: Ecuador → Rotterdam, Ecuador → United States

Peak — shipping in volume Shoulder — opening or closing Export windows out of the origin, not arrival weeks. Add the lane's transit.

Ecuador fresh produce export calendar: which produce ships in which month.
Produce	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Banana Ships year-round	January: Peak	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Peak	May: Peak	June: Peak	July: Peak	August: Peak	September: Peak	October: Peak	November: Peak	December: Peak
Plantain Ships year-round	January: Peak	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Peak	May: Peak	June: Peak	July: Peak	August: Peak	September: Peak	October: Peak	November: Peak	December: Peak
Mango October–December peak · January, September shoulder	January: Shoulder	February: Not shipping	March: Not shipping	April: Not shipping	May: Not shipping	June: Not shipping	July: Not shipping	August: Not shipping	September: Shoulder	October: Peak	November: Peak	December: Peak
Pineapple November–March peak · April–October shoulder	January: Peak	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Shoulder	May: Shoulder	June: Shoulder	July: Shoulder	August: Shoulder	September: Shoulder	October: Shoulder	November: Peak	December: Peak
Dragon fruit July–November peak · February–April shoulder	January: Not shipping	February: Shoulder	March: Shoulder	April: Shoulder	May: Not shipping	June: Not shipping	July: Peak	August: Peak	September: Peak	October: Peak	November: Peak	December: Not shipping

Last reviewed August 2026. Windows are editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule, and they are export weeks out of Ecuador rather than arrival weeks in your market.

Ecuador is mostly not a seasonal origin, and that is the single most useful thing to know about it. Bananas and plantains ship every week of the year against standing programmes, not against a harvest window, and the lane out of Guayaquil never closes. Volume firms through the Northern Hemisphere winter and softens in summer, but there is no month when the fruit stops.

What that changes is the meaning of a delay. On a seasonal origin a slipped week costs a slot in a peak that will not come round again; here it costs a week in a programme that is still running, with the next arrival already on the water and the ripening rooms behind it already booked. The genuinely seasonal Ecuadorian exports are the ones below bananas — mangoes, pineapples and pitahaya — and those behave like every other origin.

Banana

Ships year-round Varieties: Cavendish

Every week of the year. Bananas are harvested and shipped against standing programmes rather than in a season, and the lane out of Guayaquil never closes.

Ecuador banana: window and arrival weeks · Banana across every origin · Ecuador → Rotterdam, Ecuador → United States

Plantain

Ships year-round

Year-round, on the same continuous programme logic as bananas and frequently on the same vessels.

Ecuador plantain: window and arrival weeks · Plantain across every origin · Ecuador → Rotterdam, Ecuador → United States

Mango

October–December peak · January, September shoulder Varieties: Tommy Atkins, Kent

Roughly October to January, the earliest of the three American mango windows on this site. It hands over to Peru in December and to Mexico in the spring.

Ecuador mango: window and arrival weeks · Mango across every origin · Ecuador → Rotterdam, Ecuador → United States

Pineapple

November–March peak · April–October shoulder Varieties: MD2

Year-round, firming through the Northern Hemisphere winter. Another programme rather than a season.

Ecuador pineapple: window and arrival weeks · Pineapple across every origin · Ecuador → Rotterdam, Ecuador → United States

Dragon fruit

July–November peak · February–April shoulder Varieties: Yellow pitahaya

Two windows a year rather than one: the main harvest from roughly July to November, and a thinner one from February to April. The second is real volume rather than the tail of the first, but it is small enough to sit in the shoulder band above — a buyer working from a single-season assumption will still miss it.

Ecuador dragon fruit: window and arrival weeks · Dragon fruit across every origin

FAQ

What fresh produce does Ecuador export?: Ecuador ships bananas, plantains, mangos, pineapples, and dragon fruits. The calendar on this page gives each one's export window month by month.
When does Ecuador export dragon fruits?: Ecuador ships dragon fruits July–November, with February–April at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.
Which ports does Ecuador export fresh produce from?: Guayaquil and Posorja. The load port is worth knowing because the lane's transit — and so the shelf life left on arrival — is measured from it.

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