When does Ecuador export plantains?

Ecuador ships plantains year-round. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

When do Ecuador plantains arrive in Europe?

On the Ecuador → Rotterdam run, quoted at 18–24 days port to port, that window lands around Year-round — year-round. Add the road leg at either end.

Ecuador plantain export season (2026)

Ecuador plantain export season

Ecuador ships plantains year-round. Lands year-round on the Ecuador → Rotterdam run.

Ships

Year-round

Lands

Year-round

on the Ecuador → Rotterdam run, 18–24 days

Ecuador plantains: 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 Ecuador	Ships ships year-round
Ecuador → Rotterdam 18–24 days · year-round	Lands year-round on the Ecuador → Rotterdam run
Ecuador → United States 6–12 days · year-round	Lands year-round on the Ecuador → United States run

Peak Shoulder Landing Port to port, across services rather than one schedule. Add the road leg at either end.

Load ports Guayaquil and Posorja

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

The complication with plantains is at the destination: smaller lots, a narrower set of buyers, and a habit of being the part of a mixed load that gets deprioritised when a container has to be split. Knowing which box they are in beats knowing the month.

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

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