When does Spain export tomatoes?

Spain ships tomatoes November–April, with May and October at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

Spain tomato export season (2026)

Spain tomato export season

Spain ships tomatoes November–April, with May and October at the shoulders.

Ships

November–April

May, October at the shoulders

Lands

Not published

No lane page covers this origin yet.

Spain tomatoes: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage	Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Ships out of Spain	Ships november–april peak · may, october shoulder

Peak Shoulder Port to port, across services rather than one schedule. Add the road leg at either end.

Varieties Rama, cherry, cocktail, Raf Load ports Valencia, Algeciras, and Barcelona

Roughly October to May out of the greenhouses of Almería, opening as supply turns consistent at the end of October and winding down through May as prices fall. This is the largest vegetable programme in the Spanish export trade and it overlaps Morocco’s almost exactly — the two are not dividing the winter between them so much as competing across it.

The month to know is January. Light and cold slow both origins at once: Almería’s yields fall away after a heavy December, and Morocco drops off at the same time, which is why a January shortage moves the European tomato price further than a shortage in any other month. Almost none of it is a container programme in either case — volume moves by refrigerated truck, and the window is worth reading for what it does to the market rather than for shipping planning.

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

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