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Kenyan Hass avocado exporter to Spain
Spain is Europe's avocado grower and its biggest ripening and redistribution hub, and from May to September its own Málaga and Granada orchards are out of season. That is exactly when Kenyan Hass peaks. We supply Spanish ripeners, wholesalers and distributors in Málaga, Valencia, Barcelona and Madrid with Class 1 Hass and Green skin avocados through Algeciras and Valencia, and crude and extra virgin avocado oil for Spanish refiners, olive oil houses and cosmetic manufacturers in Andalusia, Valencia and Catalonia.
Buyers
Built for Spanish ripeners, redistributors and oil refiners
Spanish buyers know avocados better than anyone in Europe. Málaga ripeners want fruit with consistent dry matter that holds in the ripening room, Mercamadrid and Mercabarna wholesalers want clean sizing and documents that clear fast at Algeciras, and Spanish refiners want crude avocado oil with a COA they can trust. Our own 200 hectare plantation and registered partner orchards give us the volume to hold a weekly summer programme, independent preloading inspection on every consignment gives your quality team the data before the vessel sails, and SAFTA, Fruit Trade Assistance, our partner Sales Execution Office in Antwerp, Belgium, supports fixed price programmes and in port assistance in Iberia. A Spanish language version of this page is at /es/avocado-exporter-europe.
Products
What we ship to Spain
Market access
Market access and compliance for Spain
Logistics
Logistics from Kenya to Spain
Season calendar
When each product is available for Spain
Kenyan Hass peaks from April to August and continues to October, covering the months when Spanish Hass is not harvested; Tanzanian Hass covers November to March for importers who want one supplier all year. 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 Spain
For exporters
Preparation for Spanish ripener and importer audits, counter season programme planning, oil specification set up for refinery customers, programme pricing and introductions from our Iberian 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 Attraction Madrid every October and at Fruit Logistica Berlin, and run buyer missions to Kenyan orchards and packhouses.
Questions buyers ask
Before you request an offer for Spain
When does Kenyan Hass complement Spanish production?
Spanish Hass from Málaga and Granada is harvested from about October to April or May. Kenyan Hass peaks from April to August and continues into October, so Spanish ripeners can run Kenyan fruit through the summer and return to local fruit in autumn.
Do you deliver to ripening centres in Málaga?
Yes. Fruit discharges at Algeciras, two hours from the Axarquía ripening centres, and through SAFTA we can arrange DAP delivery to your ripening room or to Mercamadrid and Mercabarna platforms.
Can Spanish refiners buy crude avocado oil on a yearly contract?
Yes. We supply crude avocado oil in flexitanks or drums against annual or multi year offtake, with a batch certificate of analysis for free fatty acid, peroxide value, moisture and impurities, and retained samples before each lot.
Is there a Spanish language version of this page?
Yes. Our Spanish pages for Spanish and Latin American buyers are at /es/ and /es/avocado-exporter-europe, and our team corresponds in Spanish on request.
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 Spain begin with one container to Algeciras, 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.