Urrao, Antioquia · 6°19′N 76°08′W · Exporting since 2017
GGN 4050373777906.
Hass avocados grown, harvested and exported by the same family company in Urrao, Antioquia. One territory, one certificate, one company answerable for your container. Check us on the public GLOBALG.A.P. database before you write to us, not after.
We reply in under 24 working hours, in English, with a name and a job title. If we cannot cover a week, we tell you.
Current window Book weeks — W14–W22 Pre-book W40–W08
01 — The evidence
100 %
One GGN covering 100 % of the volume we ship.
400ha
In a single municipality, all our own and in active production.
186+9
186 people on direct payroll and 9 apprentices.
200+
Containers a year to nine countries, since 2017.
02 — The problem
Uneven dry matter on the same pallet, three ripening curves in the same container, and an exporter who tells you he will go and talk to the grower. Here there is nobody to pass the blame to: we are the grower, and the tree will still be ours next season.
03 — The operation
From the nursery to the port, with the conditions of the territory and the certificates that cover it. The scene fits on one screen and does not hijack your scroll: hover it, use the arrow keys, or use the step buttons. If you would rather read it straight through, switch it for the list.
Rootstocks selected for resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi.
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Rootstocks selected for resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Colombia is moving to clonal avocados: more resistant, more uniform and better adapted to the terrain.
400 ha in active production, all our own, in a single municipality. One field protocol, the same minimum dry matter and the same picking criterion across every lot.
Eight months out of twelve: weeks 40–08 (main) and 14–22 (mid-season). Picking is done by 186 people on direct payroll and 9 apprentices.
Fertilisation based on soil and leaf analysis, integrated pest management and lot-level traceability. Tell us your minimum dry matter and we will tell you from which week we meet it.
4 kg box, sizes 12 to 30, international trade standard. Actual availability of each size is confirmed campaign by campaign.
Chain of custody guaranteed under GLOBALG.A.P. Within the same working day you will know the farm block, picking date, packing run and container of any box.
200+ containers a year, around four a week on average. We do the exporting ourselves, since 2017: there is nobody to hand the problem to.
Four different ones: EU, United Kingdom, USDA-APHIS systems approach and CFIA, plus Argentina. None of them is new to us.
Nine markets: Spain, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Argentina. We do not ship to the Gulf yet.
15.7 °C average, within a 15 to 20 °C range. It slows down fruit filling.
7,500+ mm a year. We never sell it as a virtue on its own: the trade-off is fungal pressure, and it is managed in the field.
Strategic pruning and drainage: that is how you answer 7,500 mm without the fungal pressure reaching the box.
Integrated pest and disease management across the 400 ha, with the same protocol on every lot.
From 1,800 to 2,400 m.a.s.l. The altitude spread staggers the picking, not the quality.
The GLOBALG.A.P. add-on that audits responsible water use. We do not abstract water from the catchment.
GGN 4050373777906, with the SPRING add-on. It covers 100 % of what we ship.
Sustainable farming practices, environmental conservation and the wellbeing of local communities. Verifiable on its own register, not through the GGN.
Lot-level traceability and a guaranteed chain of custody. The claims policy is written down: deadline, survey and credit note.
We are the ones being audited, not a supplier of ours. Ask your current supplier what percentage of their volume comes from land covered by their own certificate.
We reply in under 24 working hours, in English, with a name and a job title. If we cannot cover a week, we tell you.
Growing and exporting avocados must not work against caring for the land. It is the root, not the decoration.
04 — Calendar
W40toW08
October – February · main harvest
Peru has closed its campaign and Mediterranean volumes —Spain, Israel, Morocco— are small and irregular. It is also when the whole of Colombia is picking: that programme is closed before it starts, not in November.
Current windowW14toW22
April – August · mid-season harvest
The transition when the Mediterranean withdraws and Peru is not yet in volume. From week 22 onwards we still have fruit, but there we compete on price and we would rather say so. Eight months out of twelve.
Current windowW01W13W26W39W52
Main harvest · W40–W08 Mid-season harvest · W14–W22 Outside the committable window
United States Our window overlaps with the Michoacán peak. We do not compete on scarcity: we compete on auditable origin, one owner and one payroll.
05 — Destinations
EU, United Kingdom, the USDA-APHIS systems approach, CFIA and Argentina. None of them is new to us. We do not ship to the Gulf yet: if your programme is there, say so and we will talk sizes and transit before promising anything.
06 — Testimonial
“A top-tier player in the Colombian Hass sector.”
“They understand international markets and they are bold in their decisions. Avoterra Exports is and will remain a top-tier player in the Colombian Hass sector.”
Translated from the Spanish original: «Comprenden los mercados internacionales, son valientes en sus decisiones. Avoterra Exports es y será un actor de primer nivel en el sector del Hass colombiano».
No twelve-field form and no automated sequence. sales@avoterraexports.com, or the form on the contact page.