Pineapple trade begins with product form, cultivar and maturity—not a generic fruit label. Fresh whole fruit, canned slices or pieces, juice, concentrate and dried pineapple are separate products. Comparable offers require cultivar or commercial type, grade and inspection basis, size or count, maturity and soluble-solids evidence, defects, treatment, crown specification, pack, origin, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and information vintage.
The figures below are full-year 2024 fresh-pineapple trade measures from the FAO Major Tropical Fruits Market Review 2024. They describe dated export flows, not production or a current physical offer. USDA AMS pineapple grades apply specific maturity, form, defect and top requirements; importing countries can impose separate plant-health conditions by origin and pathway.
Fresh whole pineapple is commercially distinct from canned rings, slices, chunks or crushed fruit, as well as juice, concentrate and dried products. Cultivar or commercial type, crown-on or crownless presentation, maturity and intended use affect specifications and handling. Atlas keeps those fields explicit before comparing evidence.
USDA AMS defines U.S. Fancy, U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 2 fresh-pineapple grades using varietal similarity, maturity, form, stem and top requirements, defects and tolerances. A defensible physical record also preserves count or weight class, color and maturity basis, soluble-solids evidence where specified, decay and internal-condition inspection, treatment, phytosanitary eligibility, pack, temperature history and arrival condition.
FAO reported 3.6 million metric tons of global fresh-pineapple exports in 2024. Costa Rica exported about 2.4 million metric tons, the Philippines 680,000 and Ecuador 120,000. These dated flows establish market scale and origin concentration. A delivered price still requires the exact product form, cultivar, grade and condition, origin, destination, Incoterm, delivery window and current physical evidence.
No. Fresh whole fruit, canned styles, juice, concentrate and dried pineapple have different specifications, processing, logistics and end uses and must be treated as separate commercial products.
It is FAO's estimate of global fresh-pineapple exports in calendar year 2024. It is a dated trade-flow measure, not total production and not a current physical price.
U.S. Fancy, U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 2 describe maturity, varietal similarity, form, stems and tops, defects and tolerances under the USDA standard. They do not establish price or destination-specific plant-health eligibility.
Product form, cultivar or commercial type, crown presentation, grade and inspection basis, size or count, maturity and quality measures, treatment and plant-health evidence, packaging, cold-chain condition, origin, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.