Season calendar

Asparagus season by country

Peru ships asparagus almost every week of the year. When the peaks actually fall, and where Mexico's window fits alongside it.

Peak supply February–April, September–December from Peru and Mexico. No origin on this page is at peak in January, May–August.

Peak — shipping in volume Shoulder — opening or closing Export windows out of the origin, not arrival weeks. Add the lane's transit.

Asparagus export calendar: which origin ships in which month.
Origin	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Peru September–December peak · January–August shoulder	January: Shoulder	February: Shoulder	March: Shoulder	April: Shoulder	May: Shoulder	June: Shoulder	July: Shoulder	August: Shoulder	September: Peak	October: Peak	November: Peak	December: Peak
Mexico February–April peak · January, May shoulder	January: Shoulder	February: Peak	March: Peak	April: Peak	May: Shoulder	June: Not shipping	July: Not shipping	August: Not shipping	September: Not shipping	October: Not shipping	November: Not shipping	December: Not shipping

Last reviewed August 2026. Windows are editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule, and they are export weeks out of the origin rather than arrival weeks in your market.

Peruvian asparagus is close to a year-round crop — the coastal growing regions get two harvests a year — with a clear volume peak in the second half. Mexico adds a short northern window in late winter and spring.

Asparagus is the most time-critical produce on this list that still moves by sea. It deteriorates fast and ships under tightly controlled temperature, and the mode splits by destination rather than by fruit: about 86% of what Peru sends to the United States sails, while about 71% of what it sends to Europe still flies.

Peru

September–December peak · January–August shoulder Load ports: Callao, Paita, and Pisco

Effectively year-round, with a clear volume peak from September to December. The coastal growing regions take two harvests a year, which is why the shoulder band below covers every remaining month rather than a few weeks either side of a season.

Most Peruvian asparagus sails, but that is the American trade. On the European lanes most of it still flies, and whether it should sail at all is a live argument rather than a settled one. The sea case rests on one fast option: Seatrade’s Rayo service — a dedicated banana service, which is why the trade calls it the banana boat — sailing Paita to Dover in 14 days and Vlissingen in 15, weekly and with no transhipment. Asparagus can just about survive two weeks in the box, but it arrives with very little shelf life left, so whatever lands has to sell immediately. The counter-argument is commercial, not logistical: cheaper sea freight cheapens the product on the shelf, and it isn’t as fresh — so some importers keep asparagus air-only and defend the premium. When it does go by sea, the transit is the whole specification.

Everything Peru ships, month by month · Peru → Philadelphia

Mexico

February–April peak · January, May shoulder Load ports: Manzanillo, Lázaro Cárdenas, and Veracruz

Roughly February to May out of Caborca in Sonora, a short northern window that fills the months when Peruvian volume is at its lowest.

Most of it trucks north rather than sailing or flying, which is the advantage of the window: the freight question Peru argues about does not really arise here.

Everything Mexico ships, month by month

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