Israel is expected to produce more than 280,000 tonnes of avocados in the 2026/27 season, according to a review by Galil Export prepared ahead of the start of the harvest. The forecast would mark a record harvest and represents an increase of around 50,000 tonnes compared with the previous season, Ynet reports.

Avocado exports are also expected to increase. Galil Export estimates that overseas shipments could reach around 170,000 tonnes, up from approximately 150,000 tonnes in 2025/26.

Israeli consumers eat an average of around 10 kilograms of avocados per person each year.

In Upper Galilee, avocado orchards currently cover around 12,000 dunams (approx. 1,200 hectares). The economic performance of the crop has encouraged growers to expand cultivation into areas previously considered less suitable because of frost risks and the difficulty of protecting trees from low temperatures, including the Hula Valley.

Source: www.newsru.co.il