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New Zealand kiwi export season

New Zealand ships kiwis May–August, with April and September–November at the shoulders. Lands May–October on the New Zealand → Philadelphia run.

Ships
May–August
April, September–November at the shoulders
Lands
week 21–40
on the New Zealand → Philadelphia run, 26–35 days
New Zealand kiwis: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage Month
Ships out of New Zealand Ships may–august peak · april, september–november shoulder
New Zealand → Philadelphia 26–35 days · week 21–40 Lands week 21–40 on the New Zealand → Philadelphia run
New Zealand → Rotterdam 32–42 days · week 22–41 Lands week 22–41 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 Hayward green, SunGold Load ports Tauranga, Napier, and Nelson

Harvest runs from about March to June; shipping runs from April into December. New Zealand is the origin that defines this crop for a European or Asian buyer, and the gap between those two ranges is the whole point — the fruit is held in controlled atmosphere and released against a programme rather than against the harvest.

SunGold ships ahead of Hayward green and commands the premium. Both are on the longest reefer lanes in this calendar, five weeks or more to Northern Europe, which is only possible because kiwifruit tolerates it. A window this long is not a long harvest; it is a long store.

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

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