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Grapefruit Imports

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

Last 4 weeks
11.9M lb
Aug 31 – Sep 27
vs last year
▲ 72.6%
same 4 weeks last year
Latest week
4.1M lb
week of Sep 21
Main origin
South Africa
85% of the last 4 weeks

In the four weeks to Sep 27, 2026, the U.S. imported 11.9 million lb of fresh grapefruit, 73% more than the same weeks last year. South Africa supplied 85%. Over the past year, 74% arrived by boat, most often through Philadelphia-Camden, Pennsylvania-New Jersey.

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
02.0M4.0M6.0M Week of Sep 29, 2025: 1.5M lbWeek of Oct 6, 2025: 881K lbWeek of Oct 13, 2025: 208K lbWeek of Oct 20, 2025: 747K lbWeek of Oct 27, 2025: 250K lbWeek of Nov 3, 2025: 66K lbWeek of Nov 10, 2025: 252K lbWeek of Nov 17, 2025: 338K lbWeek of Nov 24, 2025: 381K lbWeek of Dec 1, 2025: 638K lbWeek of Dec 8, 2025: 513K lbWeek of Dec 15, 2025: 470K lb (last year 510K lb)Week of Dec 22, 2025: 238K lb (last year 607K lb)Week of Dec 29, 2025: 225K lb (last year 486K lb)Week of Jan 5, 2026: 352K lb (last year 600K lb)Week of Jan 12, 2026: 626K lb (last year 498K lb)Week of Jan 19, 2026: 651K lb (last year 864K lb)Week of Jan 26, 2026: 505K lb (last year 776K lb)Week of Feb 2, 2026: 292K lb (last year 990K lb)Week of Feb 9, 2026: 519K lb (last year 577K lb)Week of Feb 16, 2026: 615K lb (last year 518K lb)Week of Feb 23, 2026: 451K lb (last year 744K lb)Week of Mar 2, 2026: 652K lb (last year 1.1M lb)Week of Mar 9, 2026: 636K lb (last year 420K lb)Week of Mar 16, 2026: 163K lb (last year 555K lb)Week of Mar 23, 2026: 231K lb (last year 708K lb)Week of Mar 30, 2026: 663K lb (last year 801K lb)Week of Apr 6, 2026: 416K lb (last year 585K lb)Week of Apr 13, 2026: 228K lb (last year 363K lb)Week of Apr 20, 2026: 513K lb (last year 488K lb)Week of Apr 27, 2026: 316K lb (last year 457K lb)Week of May 4, 2026: 521K lb (last year 247K lb)Week of May 11, 2026: 244K lb (last year 182K lb)Week of May 18, 2026: 631K lb (last year 171K lb)Week of May 25, 2026: 313K lb (last year 84K lb)Week of Jun 1, 2026: 242K lb (last year 58K lb)Week of Jun 8, 2026: 130K lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Jun 15, 2026: 18K lb (last year 1.9K lb)Week of Jun 22, 2026: 0 lb (last year 0 lb)Week of Jun 29, 2026: 323K lb (last year 994K lb)Week of Jul 6, 2026: 559K lb (last year 702K lb)Week of Jul 13, 2026: 1.3M lb (last year 3.5M lb)Week of Jul 20, 2026: 1.6M lb (last year 1.5M lb)Week of Jul 27, 2026: 1.2M lb (last year 2.4M lb)Week of Aug 3, 2026: 1.7M lb (last year 2.7M lb)Week of Aug 10, 2026: 3.1M lb (last year 1.5M lb)Week of Aug 17, 2026: 2.4M lb (last year 4.4M lb)Week of Aug 24, 2026: 3.1M lb (last year 4.2M lb)Week of Aug 31, 2026: 776K lb (last year 2.1M lb)Week of Sep 7, 2026: 1.4M lb (last year 1.3M lb)Week of Sep 14, 2026: 5.7M lb (last year 1.5M lb)Week of Sep 21, 2026: 4.1M lb (last year 2.0M lb) Sep 2025 Mar 2026 Sep 2026

Where It Comes From

CountryLast 4 weeksShare12-month share
South Africa 10.1M lb 85% 60%
Mexico — — 26%
Peru 1.8M lb 15% 9.2%
Israel — — 3.1%
Morocco — — 1.0%
Guatemala — — <0.1%
Colombia — — <0.1%
Argentina — — <0.1%

Ports of Entry

Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026

PortShareVolume
Philadelphia-Camden, Pennsylvania-New Jersey 66% 28.9M lb
Nogales, Arizona 26% 11.4M lb
Savannah, Georgia 4.2% 1.8M lb
Houston, Texas 2.2% 961K lb
Newark-Elizabeth, New Jersey 1.1% 486K lb
Pharr, Texas 0.2% 105K lb
South Florida/Tampa 0.2% 87K lb
Los Angeles-Long Beach, California <0.1% 42K lb
Laredo, Texas <0.1% 3.6K lb
Port Hueneme, California <0.1% 372 lb

3 more ports handled smaller volumes.

How It Arrives

Boat 74%Truck 26%Air <0.1%
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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