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Banana Leaves Imports

USDA Market News import movement · latest full week Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026

Last 4 weeks
33K lb
Aug 31 – Sep 27
vs last year
—
too little volume to compare
Latest week
5.3K lb
week of Sep 21
Main origin
Guatemala
100% of the last 4 weeks

In the four weeks to Sep 27, 2026, the U.S. imported 32,563 lb of fresh banana leaves. Guatemala supplied 100%. Over the past year, 97% arrived by air, most often through Los Angeles Airport, California.

Weekly Import Volume

Fresh imports by week, Monday to Sunday · latest week highlighted · hover a bar for its numbers

This year Same week last year
020K40K60K80K Week of Sep 29, 2025: 5.2K lbWeek of Oct 6, 2025: 0 lbWeek of Oct 13, 2025: 7.5K lbWeek of Oct 20, 2025: 0 lbWeek of Oct 27, 2025: 20K lbWeek of Nov 3, 2025: 39K lbWeek of Nov 10, 2025: 7.7K lbWeek of Nov 17, 2025: 4.4K lbWeek of Nov 24, 2025: 48K lbWeek of Dec 1, 2025: 18K lbWeek of Dec 8, 2025: 28K lbWeek of Dec 15, 2025: 73K lb (last year 32K lb)Week of Dec 22, 2025: 42K lb (last year 70K lb)Week of Dec 29, 2025: 34K lb (last year 51K lb)Week of Jan 5, 2026: 59K lb (last year 72K lb)Week of Jan 12, 2026: 15K lb (last year 15K lb)Week of Jan 19, 2026: 4.4K lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Jan 26, 2026: 9.1K lb (last year 14K lb)Week of Feb 2, 2026: 10K lb (last year 11K lb)Week of Feb 9, 2026: 0 lb (last year 9.9K lb)Week of Feb 16, 2026: 0 lb (last year 319 lb)Week of Feb 23, 2026: 20K lb (last year 11K lb)Week of Mar 2, 2026: 6.2K lb (last year 17K lb)Week of Mar 9, 2026: 14K lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Mar 16, 2026: 10K lb (last year 13K lb)Week of Mar 23, 2026: 11K lb (last year 7.5K lb)Week of Mar 30, 2026: 12K lb (last year 7.5K lb)Week of Apr 6, 2026: 9.7K lb (last year 6.8K lb)Week of Apr 13, 2026: 6.0K lb (last year 3.5K lb)Week of Apr 20, 2026: 14K lb (last year 330 lb)Week of Apr 27, 2026: 15K lb (last year 9.0K lb)Week of May 4, 2026: 13K lb (last year 14K lb)Week of May 11, 2026: 12K lb (last year 18K lb)Week of May 18, 2026: 9.3K lb (last year 3.1K lb)Week of May 25, 2026: 3.8K lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Jun 1, 2026: 11K lb (last year 2.6K lb)Week of Jun 8, 2026: 0 lb (last year 21K lb)Week of Jun 15, 2026: 11K lb (last year 1.6K lb)Week of Jun 22, 2026: 0 lb (last year 5.1K lb)Week of Jun 29, 2026: 15K lb (last year 9.7K lb)Week of Jul 6, 2026: 3.0K lb (last year 5.5K lb)Week of Jul 13, 2026: 22K lb (last year 6.3K lb)Week of Jul 20, 2026: 10K lb (last year 5.0K lb)Week of Jul 27, 2026: 5.1K lb (last year 7.3K lb)Week of Aug 3, 2026: 0 lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Aug 10, 2026: 3.7K lb (last year 11K lb)Week of Aug 17, 2026: 8.1K lb (last year 2.5K lb)Week of Aug 24, 2026: 6.6K lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Aug 31, 2026: 9.3K lb (last year 13K lb)Week of Sep 7, 2026: 7.1K lb (last year 36K lb)Week of Sep 14, 2026: 11K lb (last year 7.2K lb)Week of Sep 21, 2026: 5.3K lb (last year 0 lb) Sep 2025 Mar 2026 Sep 2026

Where It Comes From

CountryLast 4 weeksShare12-month share
Guatemala 33K lb 100% 97%
Vietnam — — 2.1%
Mexico — — 0.6%

Ports of Entry

Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026

PortShareVolume
Los Angeles Airport, California 97% 690K lb
Los Angeles-Long Beach, California 2.1% 15K lb
Otay Mesa, California 0.6% 4.4K lb

How It Arrives

Air 97%Boat 2.1%Truck 0.6%
Organic
0%
share of volume
Greenhouse
0%
share of volume

Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026

How these numbers are measured

Source: USDA AMS Specialty Crops Market News, import movement report (WA_FV170), which records fresh fruit and vegetable shipments entering the U.S. by commodity, country of origin, port of entry and mode, in pounds, every weekday. Lines USDA lists more than once are added together, since nothing in the report marks them as duplicates. Dried, frozen and for-processing lots are left out, and tree nuts are not counted as produce.

Weeks run Monday to Sunday and count once the Friday report is in. Comparisons with last year use the same weeks 52 weeks earlier, and are shown only when both periods carry at least 40,000 lb (one truckload) with shipments in 3 of the 4 weeks. USDA widened this report from about 27 to more than 70 ports of entry in December 2024, so nothing here reaches back before Dec 16, 2024.

A commodity with shipments in fewer than 8 of the last 12 weeks is marked sporadic: its weekly numbers can swing on a single container, so read them as a record of arrivals rather than a trend.

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