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Pomegranate season by country

Egypt peaks September to November, Turkey October to December, India twice a year. The calendar month by month, and why the fruit stores for months.

Peak supply September–December from Egypt, Turkey and India. No origin on this page ships them in June–July.

Pomegranate export calendar: which origin ships in which month.
Origin January February March April May June July August September October November December
Egypt January: Not shipping February: Not shipping March: Not shipping April: Not shipping May: Not shipping June: Not shipping July: Not shipping August: Shoulder September: Peak October: Peak November: Peak December: Shoulder
Turkey January: Shoulder February: Shoulder March: Not shipping April: Not shipping May: Not shipping June: Not shipping July: Not shipping August: Not shipping September: Shoulder October: Peak November: Peak December: Peak
India January: Not shipping February: Shoulder March: Shoulder April: Shoulder May: Shoulder June: Not shipping July: Not shipping August: Not shipping September: Peak October: Peak November: Peak December: Peak
Peak — shipping in volume Shoulder — opening or closing Export windows out of the origin, not arrival weeks. Add the lane's transit.

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.

Pomegranates ship out of Egypt and Turkey through the Northern Hemisphere autumn — Wonderful and Hicaznar are the varieties the export trade is built on — a few weeks apart rather than together. India adds the row that closes the year: two crops a year out of Maharashtra, covering the spring months neither Mediterranean origin can. Each window is short, but the fruit stores for months after it, so every shipping season here outlasts its own harvest by a wide margin.

That storability makes pomegranate one of the least stressful things in a reefer. It is also why the risk sits at the other end: a container nobody is in a hurry to collect is a container accruing demurrage on cargo that would have been fine either way.

Egypt

September–November peak · August, December shoulder Varieties: Wonderful, Baladi Load ports: Alexandria, Damietta, and Port Said

Roughly August to December. The harvest itself is short — about September to November — but pomegranates store for months afterwards, so the shipping season outlasts the picking by a wide margin.

Egypt pomegranate: window and arrival weeks · Everything Egypt ships

Turkey

October–December peak · January–February, September shoulder Varieties: Hicaznar Load ports: Mersin, İzmir, and Istanbul

Hicaznar runs from about October to December, and stored fruit ships into the new year. Turkey and Egypt are the two Mediterranean origins a European buyer sees in those months, a few weeks apart.

Turkey pomegranate: window and arrival weeks · Everything Turkey ships

India

September–December peak · February–May shoulder Varieties: Bhagwa Load ports: Nhava Sheva, Mundra, and Chennai

India ships on more than one crop. The main harvest carries the export window from about September to December, and a second, thinner window follows in the Northern Hemisphere spring. Growers decide which crop a tree carries by forcing it to flower in a chosen season.

India pomegranate: window and arrival weeks · Everything India ships

FAQ

When are pomegranates in season?
Pomegranates are at peak September–December, shipping from Egypt, Turkey, and India. They are still available in January–May and August, on the shoulder of those windows rather than in volume. No origin on this calendar ships them in June–July.
Which countries export pomegranates?
Egypt, Turkey, and India. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market — add the lane's transit on top.
When is the India pomegranate season?
India ships pomegranates September–December, with February–May at the shoulders.

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