Sourcing fruit and shrimp for Japan from Ecuador, Peru, India, Kenya and Colombia

Access statements summarise MAFF's index of detailed plant-quarantine rules; trade values are Japan's 2024 imports as reported to UN Comtrade; national statistics are quoted with their own date and units. No exporter, packer, processor or treatment facility is named: our team checks supplier identities, season registrations and certificates privately for each reviewed request.

MAFF publishes detailed rules for Peruvian Hass avocados, Kent mangoes and grapes (Vitis vinifera); bananas fall under the immature-banana exclusion. Peruvian blueberries have no detailed rule — see the buyer map. SENASA's list of Hass avocado packing houses certified for Japan found for this review is for the 2020 season, so current registration must be confirmed with SENASA.

Japan imported Ecuadorian bananas and frozen shrimp in 2024 (UN Comtrade). Which exporters already ship to Japan is checked with each exporter for your request.

Indian mangoes enter Japan only under MAFF's rule for six cultivars from six designated states with vapour heat treatment. The APEDA schedule of treatment facilities found for this review is from 2018; ask for the current approval before planning a season.

MAFF has detailed rules for Colombian Hass avocados, Tommy Atkins mangoes and yellow pitaya, but Japan reported no 2024 imports of Colombian avocados or mangoes. ICA's list of places of production registered for Japan could not be opened for this review; registration for the season is checked per request.

We found no MAFF detailed rule for Kenyan fruit and no 2024 Japanese imports of Kenyan avocados or vegetables, so no Kenya–Japan fresh-produce route is established.

2024 values are Japan's imports from the origin (UN Comtrade, US$ thousand). Seasons appear only where a dated source states them.

• Ecuador: AEBE reports 174.79 million boxes of bananas exported in January–May 2025, up 5.89% on the same period of 2024 (25 June 2025).
• India: MPEDA reports that Japan took 40,776 tonnes of India's frozen shrimp exports in financial year 2025-26; APEDA reports mango exports of 31,819.46 tonnes worth US$53.99 million in FY 2025-26 (source DGCIS).
• Colombia: Analdex reports a 29.7% rise in Hass avocado export value in January–July 2025 (26 September 2025).

A Japanese importer does not need to find and contact exporters one by one. The request path works like this:

• You send one structured request: product, variety, origin preferences (one or several of the five), volume per week and season, pack, arrival port and weeks, documents.
• A person on our team checks it against the MAFF basis for each origin and product, and against the USD 250,000 annual or seasonal programme minimum.
• Our team approaches several suitable exporters with the same questions, without your company name or contact details.
• You receive offers on one basis, each figure labelled as a supplier quote, an estimate or checked, with open points such as registration for the season.
• Your identity is shared only when you approve an introduction to a specific supplier. Buyers pay nothing.

• The MAFF rule or exclusion your product and origin rely on, and the exact variety
• Registration of the orchard, packing house and treatment facility for the coming season (SENASA, ICA, NPPO India)
• Certificate numbers, scope and expiry for every scheme claimed — checked in the scheme's own database
• Residue results against Japan's limits under the positive list system
• Shrimp: processing plant, product form, count or size grade, glazing and net weight
• Weekly volume, shipping weeks, Incoterms® rule and named place, and offer validity

Our team turns these points into one reviewed request and approaches suitable suppliers on your behalf. Buyers pay nothing; sourcing programmes start from USD 250,000 per year or season, and every requirement is confirmed per shipment rather than assumed.