This is our own view from the packhouse and the loading bay for the week beginning 3 September 2026. It is a supplier report rather than an index, and buyers should read it alongside their own market intelligence.
Pomegranate
Wonderful is now at working volume rather than trial volume. The early picks that opened the last week of August were light and uneven on colour. What is coming off the block this week is more consistent, with better external blush and firmer husk, which is what makes the fruit travel.
The size curve is settling in the middle of the range. Counts 9 to 12 are the comfortable part of the offer this week. Counts 6 to 8 exist but are not deep, and buyers building a large-count retail programme should place the order now rather than in October, when the same request competes with everyone else. Packing runs mainly in 4.5 kg single-layer cartons for retail and 8 to 10 kg formats for wholesale, both on the 1200 by 1000 footprint.
Loading practice is unchanged from what we set out in our note on shipping pomegranates from Egypt. Fruit goes to forced-air cooling straight off the line, and we hold the set point conservatively because husk scald is the defect that shows up at destination and never at origin.
Mango
The season is closed. The Keitt tail finished during the last week of August and we are not loading fresh mango. Enquiries for September and October shipment are being answered with frozen and dried formats, which run through to the new crop. Buyers planning 2027 fresh mango should be having the allocation conversation between now and December, not in May.
Citrus
The line has been converted and commissioned. Brushes, drencher, waxer and sizer are through their trial runs, cold rooms are pulled down and the degreening rooms are tested. Nothing is loading yet. First Navel picking in the Beheira and Nubaria blocks is expected from the second half of October depending on colour break and internal maturity, with volume from November.
Two things matter to buyers this month. First, reefer space for November and December is being taken now and lines are already quoting autumn levels, so a buyer who waits until October to book is buying a tighter market. Second, the first three weeks of any citrus season are where the most avoidable quality is lost, which is the subject of our note on the first 72 hours from harvest to loading.
Other lines
Guava and fresh figs are in their short autumn window. Dates are running. Onion and garlic move from cured storage stock rather than fresh lifting. Table grapes are finished for the season.
What we would do this week
Confirm pomegranate counts and volume for October and November shipment while the large-count fruit can still be committed. Get citrus bookings and Incoterms 2020 agreed before the November rush. If your programme needs cold treatment for a specific market, raise it now, because it changes the loading schedule rather than just the paperwork.
Nile Prime loads from Alexandria, Damietta and Ain Sokhna. For current pomegranate availability by count, or to open the 2026/2027 citrus conversation, message our export desk on WhatsApp at +20 10 9911 1918.