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Israel fresh produce export calendar

When Israel ships Orri mandarins, red grapefruit and Medjool dates, month by month, out of Ashdod and Haifa — and which of its crops fly instead.

Load ports
Ashdod and Haifa
Produce covered
Mandarin Grapefruit Medjool dates
Israel fresh produce export calendar: which produce ships in which month.
Produce January February March April May June July August September October November December
Mandarin January: Peak February: Peak March: Peak April: Shoulder May: Not shipping June: Not shipping July: Not shipping August: Not shipping September: Not shipping October: Not shipping November: Not shipping December: Shoulder
Grapefruit January: Peak February: Peak March: Shoulder April: Shoulder May: Not shipping June: Not shipping July: Not shipping August: Not shipping September: Not shipping October: Shoulder November: Peak December: Peak
Medjool dates January: Shoulder February: Shoulder March: Shoulder April: Not shipping May: Not shipping June: Not shipping July: Not shipping August: Not shipping September: Peak October: Peak November: Peak December: Peak
Peak — shipping in volume Shoulder — opening or closing Export windows out of the origin, not arrival weeks. Add the lane's transit.

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

Israel is a small origin that European retail buys by name rather than by country. Orri is a protected late mandarin variety that supermarkets list on the label; Medjool is the premium grade of a crop the rest of the world sells as a commodity; the Sweetie and the red grapefruit out of the coastal plain are the same story on citrus. Volumes are modest next to anything else on this page, and the fruit is priced accordingly.

The lane is short — Ashdod and Haifa are about a week from the North Sea ports — which is what lets fruit this specialised sail at all. The vegetable half of the Israeli export trade mostly does not: peppers, herbs and the soft produce out of the Arava greenhouses are worth more in an aircraft than the sea freight saves, so they are not on the calendar below. What is on it travels in a box, and what is not routine about that is the region. Vessel routings out of the eastern Mediterranean have been diverted and airspace closed at short notice more than once in recent years, and on windows this narrow a fortnight of disruption is a meaningful share of the season rather than a delay to be absorbed.

Mandarin

January–March peak · April, December shoulder Varieties: Orri

Roughly January to April. Orri is a late, seedless, easy-peeling variety grown under licence, and it is one of the few pieces of fruit European supermarkets sell under its own name rather than under the retailer’s — which is the whole commercial logic of the window.

Israel mandarin: window and arrival weeks · Mandarin across every origin

Grapefruit

November–February peak · March–April, October shoulder Varieties: Star Ruby, Sweetie

Roughly October to April out of the coastal plain. Two products share the row: red Star Ruby, which competes with Florida and South Africa, and the Sweetie — a pomelo-grapefruit cross, green-skinned and low in acid — which competes with nothing because almost nobody else grows it.

Israel grapefruit: window and arrival weeks · Grapefruit across every origin

Medjool dates

September–December peak · January–March shoulder Varieties: Medjool

Harvest through the late summer and early autumn in the Jordan Valley and the Arava, with the heaviest shipping from September into the new year. The fruit is held chilled or frozen after that, so what the band below shows is when volume moves rather than when it exists.

Israel medjool dates: window and arrival weeks · Medjool dates across every origin

FAQ

What fresh produce does Israel export?
Israel ships mandarins, grapefruits, and medjool dates. The calendar on this page gives each one's export window month by month.
When does Israel export grapefruits?
Israel ships grapefruits November–February, with March–April and October at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.
Which ports does Israel export fresh produce from?
Ashdod and Haifa. 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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