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New Zealand avocado export season

New Zealand ships avocados September–November, with August and December–February at the shoulders. Lands September–January on the New Zealand →...

Ships
September–November
August, December–February at the shoulders
Lands
week 39–1
on the New Zealand → Philadelphia run, 26–35 days
New Zealand avocados: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage Month
Ships out of New Zealand Ships september–november peak · august, december–february shoulder
New Zealand → Philadelphia 26–35 days · week 39–1 Lands week 39–1 on the New Zealand → Philadelphia run
New Zealand → Rotterdam 32–42 days · week 40–2 Lands week 40–2 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 Hass Load ports Tauranga, Napier, and Nelson

Roughly August to February, peaking in the Southern Hemisphere spring. Volume is small next to the Latin American origins and most of it goes to Australia and East Asia, where the shorter lane is what makes it work.

It is a biennial crop, alternating heavier and lighter years, so a New Zealand avocado programme is worth confirming against the actual harvest rather than against last year’s volume.

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

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