What fresh produce does United States export?

United States ships apples, cherries, table grapes, oranges, and pears. The calendar on this page gives each one's export window month by month.

When does United States export oranges?

United States ships oranges January–April, with May–June and November–December at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

Which ports does United States export fresh produce from?

Long Beach, Oakland, and Seattle. 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

United States fresh produce export calendar

When the United States ships apples, table grapes, cherries, oranges and pears by sea, month by month, out of the West Coast ports.

Load ports: Long Beach, Oakland, and Seattle
Produce covered: Apple Cherry Table grapes Orange Pear

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

United States fresh produce export calendar: which produce ships in which month.
Produce	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Apple October–March peak · April–September shoulder	January: Peak	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Shoulder	May: Shoulder	June: Shoulder	July: Shoulder	August: Shoulder	September: Shoulder	October: Peak	November: Peak	December: Peak
Cherry June–July peak · May, August shoulder	January: Not shipping	February: Not shipping	March: Not shipping	April: Not shipping	May: Shoulder	June: Peak	July: Peak	August: Shoulder	September: Not shipping	October: Not shipping	November: Not shipping	December: Not shipping
Table grapes August–October peak · July, November–December shoulder	January: Not shipping	February: Not shipping	March: Not shipping	April: Not shipping	May: Not shipping	June: Not shipping	July: Shoulder	August: Peak	September: Peak	October: Peak	November: Shoulder	December: Shoulder
Orange January–April peak · May–June, November–December shoulder	January: Peak	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Peak	May: Shoulder	June: Shoulder	July: Not shipping	August: Not shipping	September: Not shipping	October: Not shipping	November: Shoulder	December: Shoulder
Pear September–November peak · August, December–February shoulder	January: Shoulder	February: Shoulder	March: Not shipping	April: Not shipping	May: Not shipping	June: Not shipping	July: Not shipping	August: Shoulder	September: Peak	October: Peak	November: Peak	December: Shoulder

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

The United States is on this calendar as an exporter, which is the half of it European buyers rarely see. Washington State grows the apples, the pears and most of the cherries; California grows the table grapes and the citrus; and almost all of it leaves through the West Coast ports heading west, into Taiwan, Vietnam, India, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. The volume moving east to Europe is small, because on most of these lines Europe grows its own.

Two things make American programmes behave differently from a Southern Hemisphere one of the same size. Nearly everything ships out of controlled-atmosphere storage, so the window below is a selling programme rather than a harvest — Washington picks apples in the autumn and ships them for most of the following year. And the risk sits at the load port rather than at sea: West Coast terminal congestion and labour disputes have repeatedly turned a three-week lane into a six-week one, on cargo that was chosen precisely because it could wait. The fruit survives that. The programme it was sold into often does not.

Apple

October–March peak · April–September shoulder Varieties: Red Delicious, Gala, Fuji

Washington picks from August to November and then ships out of controlled-atmosphere storage for most of the following year, with the export peak from October to March. The shoulder band below covers every remaining month because the fruit genuinely is still moving: this is a selling programme, not a harvest.

United States apple: window and arrival weeks · Apple across every origin

Cherry

June–July peak · May, August shoulder Varieties: Bing, Skeena, Lapins

Roughly June and July out of Washington and Oregon, opening in California in May and finishing in August. It is the Northern Hemisphere’s volume cherry window and the mirror image of Chile’s — the same fruit, largely the same Asian buyers, the opposite half of the year.

United States cherry: window and arrival weeks · Cherry across every origin

Table grapes

August–October peak · July, November–December shoulder Varieties: Crimson Seedless, Autumn King

Roughly August to October out of California’s San Joaquin Valley, opening in Coachella in early summer and shipping from cold storage into December. It covers the months between the end of the Southern Hemisphere programmes and the start of the next.

United States table grapes: window and arrival weeks · Table grapes across every origin

Orange

January–April peak · May–June, November–December shoulder Varieties: Navel, Valencia

California navels run from about November to May, peaking after the new year, with Valencias behind them into the summer. Korea, Japan and China are the markets.

United States orange: window and arrival weeks · Orange across every origin

Pear

September–November peak · August, December–February shoulder Varieties: Anjou, Bartlett

Roughly September to November out of Washington and Oregon, opening in August and shipping from storage into the new year.

United States pear: window and arrival weeks · Pear across every origin

FAQ

What fresh produce does United States export?: United States ships apples, cherries, table grapes, oranges, and pears. The calendar on this page gives each one's export window month by month.
When does United States export oranges?: United States ships oranges January–April, with May–June and November–December at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.
Which ports does United States export fresh produce from?: Long Beach, Oakland, and Seattle. 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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