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New Zealand apple export season

New Zealand ships apples March–June, with February and July–August at the shoulders. Lands March–August on the New Zealand → Philadelphia run.

Ships
March–June
February, July–August at the shoulders
Lands
week 13–31
on the New Zealand → Philadelphia run, 26–35 days
New Zealand apples: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage Month
Ships out of New Zealand Ships march–june peak · february, july–august shoulder
New Zealand → Philadelphia 26–35 days · week 13–31 Lands week 13–31 on the New Zealand → Philadelphia run
New Zealand → Rotterdam 32–42 days · week 14–32 Lands week 14–32 on the New Zealand → Rotterdam run
Peak Shoulder Landing Port to port, across services rather than one schedule. Add the road leg at either end.

Varieties Royal Gala, Braeburn, Envy, Jazz Load ports Tauranga, Napier, and Nelson

Harvest from February to May out of Hawke’s Bay and Nelson, shipping from March into the Northern Hemisphere autumn. It lands in the months when European and North American apples are at their oldest, which is the entire commercial argument for shipping fruit half way round the world.

New Zealand ships more of its crop under club varieties than any other origin, and those are sold on a promise about condition. That makes what the reefer actually did on a five-week voyage worth more here than on a lane where the fruit is sold as a commodity.

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

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