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Kenyan avocado and fresh produce exporter to France
France is Europe's second largest avocado market and a leading buyer of air freighted fresh herbs and exotic fruit. We supply French importers, ripeners and wholesalers at Rungis, the Saint Charles platform in Perpignan and Marseille with Class 1 Hass and Green skin avocados by sea, fresh herbs, chillies and passion fruit overnight into Paris Charles de Gaulle, and crude and extra virgin avocado oil for French food, cosmetic and natural ingredient companies.
Buyers
Built for French importers, Rungis wholesalers and organic brands
French buyers combine demanding quality standards with a strong preference for organic and responsibly grown produce and for stories they can tell the consumer. We offer fruit from our own 200 hectare plantation and registered partner orchards, agroforestry and fair farm gate pricing described on our sustainability page, an organic option on programme volumes, and independent preloading inspection on every consignment. SAFTA, Fruit Trade Assistance, our partner Sales Execution Office in Antwerp, Belgium, supports fixed price programmes and in port assistance in France and the Benelux.
Products
What we ship to France
Market access
Market access and compliance for France
Logistics
Logistics from Kenya to France
Season calendar
When each product is available for France
Kenyan Hass peaks from April to August and Tanzanian Hass from November to March, so Hass is available in most months from our East African origins, with lean periods between the Kenyan and Tanzanian seasons; pineapple, passion fruit, herbs and all value added products ship all year.
| Product | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Hass avocado (Kenya) | ||||||||||||
| Hass avocado (Tanzania) | ||||||||||||
| Green skin (Fuerte, Pinkerton) | ||||||||||||
| Apple mango | ||||||||||||
| MD2 pineapple | ||||||||||||
| Passion fruit | ||||||||||||
| Fresh herbs and chillies | ||||||||||||
| Avocado oil, dried, frozen, macadamia, purees |
Consultancy
Consultancy for trading with France
For exporters
Preparation for French importer and retailer audits, organic certification planning, air freight consolidation for herbs, programme pricing and introductions from our European buyer database.
For importers
Origin audits and supplier development in Kenya and East Africa, multi origin programmes to fill the Kenyan off season, independent preloading QC on every consignment.
Trade fairs
We exhibit and host buyer meetings at Fruit Logistica Berlin and Fruit Attraction Madrid, meet French buyers at SIAL Paris, and run buyer missions to Kenyan orchards and packhouses.
Questions buyers ask
Before you request an offer for France
Do you deliver to Rungis?
Fruit arrives at Le Havre or Marseille Fos for your forwarder, or through SAFTA we can arrange DAP delivery to your ripening centre or Rungis platform.
How fast do fresh herbs reach Paris?
Herbs and chillies are harvested in the morning, packed and pre cooled the same day and flown overnight from Nairobi to Paris Charles de Gaulle, so they are available to French packers within 24 to 48 hours of harvest.
Can you supply organic avocados and herbs to France?
An EU organic option is available on programme volumes from certified partner orchards and herb farms; tell us the volumes and season and we confirm the certified supply.
Can you label in French?
Yes. Cartons, nets, flow packs and consumer trays can be printed with French language labelling, EAN codes and your private label on programme volumes.
How do we see the quality before the container sails?
Fruit Quality Studio Africa, the Kenyan arm of Quality Studio Europe, inspects every consignment at the packhouse and issues a preloading QC report on dry matter, defects, sizing and pulp temperature, which we share with you before the vessel departs.
Can you start with a trial order?
Yes. Most programmes for France begin with one container to Marseille Fos, or a pallet by air for herbs, chillies and samples, before moving to fortnightly or weekly programme volumes.
Other markets
More export markets we serve
Products
Our full export range
Our partners
Independent quality control and transparent trade, built into every shipment
Two partners work alongside our own team on every export programme, so buyers see the fruit before it sails and know the price before they commit.
Fruit Quality Studio Africa
Independent avocado quality control, the Kenyan arm of Quality Studio Europe. Every consignment is inspected at the packhouse before loading, with a preloading QC report on dry matter, defects, sizing and pulp temperature shared with the buyer, and arrival inspection in Europe on request or as agreed per programme.
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SAFTA, Fruit Trade Assistance: Sales Execution Office, Antwerp
Our partner Sales Execution Office in Antwerp, Belgium. SAFTA is not a buyer of our fruit: it sells Konza Tropicals avocados on our behalf to retailers, importers and ripeners across Europe and executes each programme from offer to payment, with fixed and transparent pricing, programme contracts, cold chain from packhouse to destination and SAFTA Rescue support for shipments in European ports, so growers and importers both know where they stand.
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Let us talk fruit
We work from Kenya with partner orchards and exporters in Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and we answer email during East African, European and Gulf business hours.