# Peru onion prices Peru onions are not currently quoted. The last USDA shipping-point price was mostly $23.00-24.00 FOB per 40 lb carton for yellow jumbo in 40 lb cartons, on Apr 14, 2026. _Data through Apr 14, 2026 · source last checked Aug 31, 2026 · page revised Aug 31, 2026_ > Awaiting quote — last quoted Apr 14, 2026. > $23.50 (comparison midpoint), 13% below the 3-yr median. Peru is in its normal shipping window, but the latest USDA quote is from Apr 14, 2026, so no fresh price is posting yet. Last reported FOB: mostly $23.00-24.00, 40 lb cartons, Apr 14, 2026. Peru onions are not currently quoted. The last USDA shipping-point price was mostly $23.00-24.00 FOB per 40 lb carton on Apr 14, 2026, 13% below the 3-year median. The latest quote is stale during Peru's normal shipping window. ## No new quote this week — last quoted Apr 14, 2026. Weekly and monthly moves are omitted while this crop is out of season; the year-scale rows below are its last reading vs history. The table and current price track Yellow jumbo, 40 lb cartons. | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 3-yr median | $23.50 | $27.00 | -13.0% | ## About Peru onion prices Southern Hemisphere counter-season supply, arriving through East Coast ports (Savannah, Philadelphia-Camden, Port Canaveral) and repacked at East Coast shipping points. **Season.** Peru onions typically ship August to April. Outside that window there is no fresh shipping-point quote, normal crop rotation, not a data gap. ## Common questions ### What is the current Peru onion price? Peru is not quoting right now. The last USDA shipping-point price was mostly $23.00-24.00 FOB per 40 lb carton for yellow jumbo in 40 lb cartons, on Apr 14, 2026. That is the benchmark combination this page tracks; the chart above carries every variety, size and pack Peru currently quotes, and the [weekly movers board](/board/weekly-movers) compares it against the other shipping-point origins. ### When does the Peru onion season run? Peru onions typically ship August to April. Outside that window there is no fresh shipping-point quote for the origin, which is ordinary crop rotation rather than a gap in the data. The [onion calendar](/guides/the-onion-calendar) lays out how the domestic origins hand off to each other through the year. ### What does FOB mean on these prices? Free on board at the shipping point: the price of the onions loaded onto a truck at the packing shed, before freight. A delivered price adds the haul from the origin to the receiver, which is often the larger number of the two on a long lane. [What does FOB mean](/guides/what-does-fob-mean) has the full definition, and [how freight changes the delivered price](/guides/how-freight-changes-the-delivered-price) covers the second half. ## About this data - Source: USDA AMS shipping-point onion FOB reports (FV130) and Daily Movement (FV170) - Series: Onion FOB price at a benchmark variety, pack and size - Basis: FOB shipping point, low-high range - Geography: Peru - Unit: $/40 lb carton - Last observation: Apr 14, 2026 - Update frequency: USDA reports on business days --- Cite: Peru benchmark onion FOB prices are 13% below the five-year median for the corresponding calendar week (USDA shipping-point reports). Know Your Onions, data through Apr 14, 2026. https://knowyouronions.news/origin/peru Canonical URL: https://knowyouronions.news/origin/peru