How do I find apple suppliers in my preferred origin?

Choose your origin and share the variety, grade, quantity and delivery country. OpenCommo helps automate your sourcing through its supplier network.

Should I buy apples from a grower, packhouse or exporter?

A grower can supply a specific orchard lot, a packhouse handles grading and packing, and an exporter manages shipment from origin. Choose the supplier whose services, available volume and delivery timing fit your purchase.

What should I include in an apple quotation request?

Specify variety, harvest season, size range, color, firmness, pack type and quantity. Add your preferred origins, delivery location and shipment window.

How do I compare wholesale apple offers?

Compare the same variety, grade, pack size, net weight, delivery basis and payment terms. Align the inspection standard and cold-chain conditions before comparing costs.

How should I assess an apple sample?

Check size, color, firmness, sugar level and defects against your specification. Retain the approved sample as the reference for the shipment.

How can I check an apple supplier before signing a contract?

Check the company identity, trade references and ability to supply the approved lot. Put the specification, quantity, delivery schedule, payment terms and quality-claim process in the contract.

Apple Suppliers

Find apple suppliers for your specification, preferred origin and buying volume.

Apple suppliers include growers, packhouses and exporters, with the right choice depending on whether you need a single orchard lot, a repeatable packhouse program or fruit available for near-term shipment. Confirm the role that controls grading, storage and transport before you compare offers.

Specify variety, grade, pack size, quantity and delivery country. We can help you through OpenCommo’s network of 70,000+ suppliers across commodities.

Where our suppliers are located

Explore sourcing locations across our apple supplier network. Choose your preferred country below to find suppliers for your specification and shipment size.

Explore apple suppliers

Find suppliers for your required product form, grade and shipment size. Choose an origin to start your request.

Where would you like to source from?

Supplier	Country	Contact details
Cent*****	Italy	Email availablePhone available
Nort*****	United States of America	Email availablePhone available
Chev*****	New Zealand	Email availablePhone available
M & *****	South Africa	Email availablePhone available
Sant*****	Chile	Email availablePhone available

What to look for when sourcing apple

Product specification

A fresh apple purchase needs a clear brief on variety, maturity and pack style. Start with the intended eating or processing use and the retail or foodservice pack format.

Variety & maturity

Specify the variety and agree the harvest season, maturity stage and whether the fruit is for fresh eating, baking or processing.

Grade & pack

Agree the size range, color, firmness and permitted defects, plus the pack type, count or weight per carton.

Lot or program

Confirm whether you are buying an identified orchard lot or a packhouse program assembled to deliver a repeatable specification.

Quality acceptance

A grade name alone is not enough to compare apples. Agree how the fruit will be assessed and how the sample relates to the shipment you receive.

Fruit assessment
Set the inspection method for size, color, firmness, sugar level and defects such as bruising, scald or internal breakdown.
Physical checks
Record the acceptable percentage of off-grade fruit, the packhouse grading standard and the temperature and condition at loading.
Acceptance & claims
Identify offer, pre-shipment and arrival samples. Retain the approved sample and agree inspection responsibilities and claim deadlines.

Origin requirements

Go beyond the country name. A single orchard, a regional packhouse program and a flexible supply program require different levels of traceability.

Traceability

Request the growing region, orchard or grower group, harvest period and lot identity.

Crop & stock

Ask when the apples were harvested and stored, where they are held, and whether they are available now or for future shipment.

Acceptable alternatives

For repeat programs, define which varieties, origins or pack styles you can substitute without changing the intended use.

Commercial terms

Apple offers can be quoted at an outright price per carton or per kilogram on different delivery bases. Compare the final cost on the same pack, weight and delivery terms.

Price basis: Confirm whether the price is per carton, per kilogram or per count, and which pack size and grade it covers.
Delivery basis: Confirm ex-works at the packhouse, FOB at a named export port, CIF at a destination port or delivered to your warehouse. Align freight, cold chain and local charges.
Order terms: Match carton weights, pallet configuration, shipment period, payment terms and quote validity. Ready cold-storage stock differs from a new-season orchard program.

Documentation & compliance

Check documentation before committing to shipment. The evidence needs to cover the apples you are buying, not just the supplier's business.

Shipment documents: Align lot references, carton counts and entities across the invoice, packing list, transport document and applicable phytosanitary records.
Certification: For organic or scheme-certified apples, check the current scope and the transaction or chain-of-custody evidence required for the lot.
Destination rules: Confirm the import plant-health requirements, cold-treatment or inspection conditions and labeling rules for your destination market.

Supplier capability

A grower, packhouse, exporter and importer may each control a different part of the purchase. Establish who is accountable for your lot.

Preparation
Identify who handles harvesting, grading, packing, cold storage and transport, and who resolves a sample or shipment quality failure.
Repeat supply
Ask how the supplier maintains your grade and pack across the season and which replacement varieties or lots it can offer.
Order fit
Confirm minimum order, sample provision and export support. For smaller purchases, ask about mixed pallets or destination stock.

Apple Supplier Questions

How do I find apple suppliers in my preferred origin?: Choose your origin and share the variety, grade, quantity and delivery country. OpenCommo helps automate your sourcing through its supplier network.
Should I buy apples from a grower, packhouse or exporter?: A grower can supply a specific orchard lot, a packhouse handles grading and packing, and an exporter manages shipment from origin. Choose the supplier whose services, available volume and delivery timing fit your purchase.
What should I include in an apple quotation request?: Specify variety, harvest season, size range, color, firmness, pack type and quantity. Add your preferred origins, delivery location and shipment window.
How do I compare wholesale apple offers?: Compare the same variety, grade, pack size, net weight, delivery basis and payment terms. Align the inspection standard and cold-chain conditions before comparing costs.
How should I assess an apple sample?: Check size, color, firmness, sugar level and defects against your specification. Retain the approved sample as the reference for the shipment.
How can I check an apple supplier before signing a contract?: Check the company identity, trade references and ability to supply the approved lot. Put the specification, quantity, delivery schedule, payment terms and quality-claim process in the contract.