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Cape Gooseberries (Physalis) Imports

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

Last 4 weeks
177K lb
Aug 31 – Sep 27
vs last year
▼ 2.7%
same 4 weeks last year
Latest week
23K lb
week of Sep 21
Main origin
Colombia
98% of the last 4 weeks

In the four weeks to Sep 27, 2026, the U.S. imported 176,567 lb of fresh cape gooseberries (physalis), 3% less than the same weeks last year. Colombia supplied 98%. Over the past year, 62% arrived by air, most often through Miami Airport, Florida.

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
025K50K75K100K Week of Sep 29, 2025: 43K lbWeek of Oct 6, 2025: 37K lbWeek of Oct 13, 2025: 39K lbWeek of Oct 20, 2025: 71K lbWeek of Oct 27, 2025: 51K lbWeek of Nov 3, 2025: 49K lbWeek of Nov 10, 2025: 35K lbWeek of Nov 17, 2025: 83K lbWeek of Nov 24, 2025: 34K lbWeek of Dec 1, 2025: 54K lbWeek of Dec 8, 2025: 48K lbWeek of Dec 15, 2025: 76K lb (last year 41K lb)Week of Dec 22, 2025: 6.3K lb (last year 45K lb)Week of Dec 29, 2025: 48K lb (last year 43K lb)Week of Jan 5, 2026: 47K lb (last year 65K lb)Week of Jan 12, 2026: 73K lb (last year 45K lb)Week of Jan 19, 2026: 51K lb (last year 57K lb)Week of Jan 26, 2026: 44K lb (last year 72K lb)Week of Feb 2, 2026: 67K lb (last year 92K lb)Week of Feb 9, 2026: 46K lb (last year 55K lb)Week of Feb 16, 2026: 29K lb (last year 41K lb)Week of Feb 23, 2026: 91K lb (last year 90K lb)Week of Mar 2, 2026: 43K lb (last year 63K lb)Week of Mar 9, 2026: 31K lb (last year 69K lb)Week of Mar 16, 2026: 55K lb (last year 52K lb)Week of Mar 23, 2026: 58K lb (last year 56K lb)Week of Mar 30, 2026: 66K lb (last year 50K lb)Week of Apr 6, 2026: 43K lb (last year 62K lb)Week of Apr 13, 2026: 57K lb (last year 79K lb)Week of Apr 20, 2026: 77K lb (last year 52K lb)Week of Apr 27, 2026: 60K lb (last year 57K lb)Week of May 4, 2026: 66K lb (last year 73K lb)Week of May 11, 2026: 61K lb (last year 44K lb)Week of May 18, 2026: 54K lb (last year 61K lb)Week of May 25, 2026: 24K lb (last year 34K lb)Week of Jun 1, 2026: 51K lb (last year 93K lb)Week of Jun 8, 2026: 74K lb (last year 46K lb)Week of Jun 15, 2026: 43K lb (last year 28K lb)Week of Jun 22, 2026: 53K lb (last year 54K lb)Week of Jun 29, 2026: 64K lb (last year 52K lb)Week of Jul 6, 2026: 28K lb (last year 26K lb)Week of Jul 13, 2026: 47K lb (last year 65K lb)Week of Jul 20, 2026: 42K lb (last year 33K lb)Week of Jul 27, 2026: 44K lb (last year 59K lb)Week of Aug 3, 2026: 44K lb (last year 48K lb)Week of Aug 10, 2026: 22K lb (last year 37K lb)Week of Aug 17, 2026: 23K lb (last year 42K lb)Week of Aug 24, 2026: 23K lb (last year 64K lb)Week of Aug 31, 2026: 44K lb (last year 18K lb)Week of Sep 7, 2026: 22K lb (last year 66K lb)Week of Sep 14, 2026: 87K lb (last year 47K lb)Week of Sep 21, 2026: 23K lb (last year 50K lb) Sep 2025 Mar 2026 Sep 2026

Where It Comes From

CountryLast 4 weeksShare12-month share
Colombia 172K lb 98% 97%
Ecuador 4.1K lb 2.3% 2.1%
Chile — — 0.7%

Ports of Entry

Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026

PortShareVolume
Miami Airport, Florida 36% 923K lb
Philadelphia-Camden, Pennsylvania-New Jersey 35% 891K lb
Los Angeles Airport, California 24% 610K lb
South Florida/Tampa 2.9% 75K lb
Houston, Texas 1.5% 38K lb
New York JFK Airport 0.6% 16K lb

How It Arrives

Air 62%Boat 38%
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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