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Kenyan avocado exporter to Russia
Russia is one of the largest avocado import markets outside the EU and North America, supplied through the year by Peru, Israel, South Africa, Colombia and increasingly Kenya. We supply Russian importers, distributors and retail chains in Moscow, St Petersburg, Krasnodar and the Volga cities with Class 1 Hass and Green skin avocados through Novorossiysk on the Black Sea and St Petersburg on the Baltic, and avocado oil, dried mango and macadamia for Russian food, cosmetics and confectionery manufacturers, with Rosselkhoznadzor compliant documentation and payment terms worked out before the first container.
Buyers
Built for Russian importers, distributors and retail chain suppliers
Russian importers want fruit that arrives with ripening time to spare after a long voyage, phytosanitary documentation that satisfies Rosselkhoznadzor at the port, and a supplier who has already worked out how payment will be made and insured. We plan each Russian programme around those three points: harvest maturity and controlled atmosphere set for the route, documents checked against the current import requirements before loading, and payment through banks that process Kenya to Russia trade, agreed in writing before the offer is confirmed. Our own 200 hectare plantation and registered partner orchards give us the volume for weekly programmes, and independent preloading inspection on every consignment gives your quality team the data before the vessel sails.
Products
What we ship to Russia
Market access
Market access and compliance for Russia
Logistics
Logistics from Kenya to Russia
Season calendar
When each product is available for Russia
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 Russia
For exporters
Rosselkhoznadzor and EAEU documentation planning, packhouse registration, payment and insurance structures for Russia, and introductions from our Russian and EAEU buyer database.
For importers
Origin audits and supplier development in Kenya and East Africa, harvest maturity and controlled atmosphere planning for long routes, multi origin programmes with Tanzanian fruit for November to March.
Trade fairs
We meet Russian and EAEU buyers at Fruit Logistica Berlin, WorldFood Moscow and WorldFood Istanbul, and run buyer missions to Kenyan orchards and packhouses.
Questions buyers ask
Before you request an offer for Russia
Which Russian port should we use?
Novorossiysk is the shorter route at 22 to 28 days and serves Moscow, Krasnodar and central Russia by road and rail; St Petersburg at 32 to 38 days serves the north west. We quote both and set harvest maturity and controlled atmosphere for the route you choose.
How do you handle Rosselkhoznadzor requirements?
We check the current import requirements for the Russian Federation before every loading, issue the KEPHIS phytosanitary certificate for Russia, register packhouses where required and send the full document set to your broker before the vessel sails, so there are no surprises at the port.
How is payment made for Kenya to Russia shipments?
Prepayment or a confirmed letter of credit through banks that process Kenya to Russia trade for new buyers, with terms and the banking route agreed in writing before the offer is confirmed; established programmes move to agreed credit terms.
Do you supply avocados to Russia all year?
Kenyan Hass covers April to October and Tanzanian Hass covers November to March from the same team and specification, so Russian importers can run one programme all year, with mango, pineapple and value added products in mixed containers.
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 Russia begin with one container to Novorossiysk, 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.