Pomegranate is one of the easier Egyptian crops to buy in small volume. It is robust, it holds a set point that suits several other autumn products, and it palletises cleanly. A buyer who cannot justify a full reefer of pomegranate can still take three or four pallets and fill the rest of the container with citrus, onion or fresh dates. This is what that order looks like in practice for the 2026/2027 season.
Season and availability
Egyptian pomegranate harvest opened at the end of August and runs to roughly the end of November, with cold-stored fruit available into December and January depending on the year. Early September fruit carries less colour than October fruit. If your customer is sensitive to colour cover, the middle of the season is the better booking window. Wonderful is the dominant export variety and the one we quote by default. Manfalouti and Baladi types appear domestically but rarely move in export cartons.
Counts and carton formats
The standard export carton is 4 kilograms net, packed to a count of 6 to 12 fruit depending on size. Counts of 8, 9 and 10 are the commercial core and the easiest to secure in part-load quantity. Larger fruit, meaning counts of 6 and 7, is available but usually only in programme volume, so a mid-size buyer asking exclusively for those should expect a wait or a premium. Fruit is normally packed in individual foam net sleeves, which we recommend keeping on any order travelling more than about two weeks.
A Euro pallet takes roughly 200 to 220 cartons of this format depending on the tier count, so a half pallet is in the region of 100 cartons, or 400 kilograms. That is a realistic minimum for a single count. Below it, we would suggest taking two counts on one pallet rather than splitting further.
Travelling with other products
Pomegranate ships at 5 degrees Celsius with vents closed, which puts it close enough to citrus, apple, pear and table grape to share a box. It is not compatible with tropical lines such as mango or banana, which need 12 degrees and would be chilled. It is a low ethylene producer and only moderately sensitive, so it is a straightforward passenger in a mixed load. Where the stow order and vent position matter, our guidance on sharing a reefer with another buyer covers how the box is planned.
The natural autumn combination is pomegranate with early citrus, and from October onward with onion and garlic in the same container for Gulf and East European destinations. Our part-load booking calendar sets out which months open which crops.
What to check before you confirm
Ask for the colour cover percentage, not just the grade name. Ask for the count and the tolerance around it. Ask whether the fruit is netted. Ask for the pack date, because pomegranate held long in the store before stuffing arrives with less life than the transit time suggests. And confirm your Incoterm, since on a part-load the difference between FOB and DAP is more than a price line, it changes who arranges the groupage at the destination end.
Ordering from Peivana
We ship mixed containers from Egypt with pomegranate available from half a pallet, alongside citrus, onions, garlic, dates and greenhouse vegetables in the same box. Our farms and packhouses are GLOBALG.A.P and BRC certified, and we return quotations the same day. Send your product list, counts and delivery port on WhatsApp to +20 10 9911 1918.