Brazilian Hass avocados set for record crop as year-to-date exports surge

The Brazilian Hass avocado crop is set to hit a record this year. Production is projected to reach 60,000 metric tons—twice the volume recorded in 2025, according to data from the grower association Abacates do Brasil. 

Driven by robust export demand, which absorbs approximately 90 percent of the Brazilian Hass avocado production, local growers are rapidly expanding their orchards to secure a stronger foothold in global markets.

Record volumes and acreage expansion for Brazilian Hass avocados

The record-breaking forecast comes after years of weather-related setbacks. Rodrigo de Paiva Stockler Barbosa, President of Abacates do Brasil, told Brazilian media outlet Globo Rural that adverse weather, including extreme heat and dry spells during fruit-setting, had hindered yields over the past five years. 

However, more favorable conditions this season, combined with newly planted orchards entering their productive phase, are driving the current boom.

According to association estimates, Brazilian Hass avocado acreage is expected to reach between 24,700 and 27,000 acres this year—a massive leap from the 22,200 acres registered four years ago, and just 2,500 acres a decade ago. This rapid expansion is primarily concentrated in the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais.

This growth is clearly reflected in recent trade data. From January to May 2026, Brazil exported 2,352 TEUs of avocados, marking a staggering 161 percent increase compared to the same period in 2025.

Source: Datamar News

Pioneering exporters lead the charge

Jaguacy Avocado, the largest producer and exporter of Brazilian Hass avocados based in São Paulo, is at the forefront of this commercial surge. 

After losing 70 percent of its crop to drought in 2025, the company expects its largest harvest to date, with production hitting 6,000 metric tons. To combat climate volatility, the company has heavily integrated micro-sprinkler irrigation systems. 

“Now, when temperatures reach 28 degrees Celsius, we make it rain in the orchard,” Ligia Falanghe Carvalho, Managing Partner at Jaguacy, told Globo Rural.

Jaguacy is also working to extend its export window from November through February, a period of lower global supply and stronger prices, by launching its first harvest in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. 

This year, the company plans to export 800 containers (approximately 16,800 metric tons) of Brazilian Hass avocados to Europe, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and India.

Opportunities and obstacles

Despite the optimism, industry experts point out that the Brazilian Hass avocado industry still has significant ground to cover. 

While Peru exported over 700,000 metric tons of avocados last year, Brazil exported just 25,000 metric tons. Osvaldo Kioshi Yamanishi, a fruit-growing professor at the University of Brasília, told Globo Rural that Brazil’s growth is limited by low investment in genetics, lack of public policies, and labor shortages, given that Hass avocados must be carefully harvested by hand.

Nevertheless, the high professionalism required for Hass cultivation is attracting serious investors. 

As Carvalho told Globo Rural, "Brazil is only the world's 10th-largest producer... but it has the potential to become the third-largest very quickly."

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