When does Egypt export onions?

Egypt ships onions March–June, with February and July at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

When do Egypt onions arrive in Europe?

On the Egypt → Rotterdam run, quoted at 8–13 days port to port, that window lands around week 10–28 — March–July. Add the road leg at either end.

Onion export season in Egypt (2026)

Egypt onion export season

Onion season in Egypt: March–June, with February and July at the shoulders. Lands March–July via Egypt → Rotterdam.

Ships

March–June

February, July at the shoulders

Lands

week 10–28

on the Egypt → Rotterdam run, 8–13 days

Egypt onions: 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 Egypt	Ships march–june peak · february, july shoulder
Egypt → Rotterdam 8–13 days · week 10–28	Lands week 10–28 on the Egypt → Rotterdam run

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

Load ports Alexandria, Damietta, and Port Said

Roughly February to July, into the gap between European harvests. Like the potatoes, this is a storage crop sold on timing.

Onions cure before they ship and then keep for months, which makes them one of the very few programmes where a delay is a price problem and not a quality one. That is also why nobody watches these containers, and why they are disproportionately the ones sitting at a terminal accruing charges.

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

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