Singapore Wholesale Fruit Market Update – Week 17, 2026

A quiet market, heavy supply in selected categories, and cautious buying across wholesale

The Singapore wholesale fruit market remained subdued in Week 17, with limited signs of demand picking up. End-consumer buying appears soft, and importers are also managing incoming volume more cautiously. Overall activity in the wholesale market remains slow, with few items showing strong movement.

This week, the market was mainly shaped by oversupply pressure in blueberries, Valencia oranges, apples, and Chinese Hami melons, while lemons remained tight and Australia stonefruit continued to perform better than most categories.

Lemons remain scarce

Lemons continue to be in short supply, with demand still higher than available stock. Even though the wider market is slow, lemon remains one of the few categories where supply pressure is still supporting pricing.

For buyers, lemon availability remains the key concern, rather than demand.

Blueberries still oversupplied

Blueberries remain in excessive supply, especially from China. Other origins such as Morocco are also present, adding to the overall availability in the market.

With supply still heavy, the blueberry market remains soft. Unless demand improves or arrivals slow down, pricing pressure is likely to continue.

Valencia oranges and China navels under pressure

Valencia oranges remain oversupplied and are still moving slowly. This week, Egyptian Valencia continued its downward trend, with prices softening from around S$16.00–S$17.00 in Week 16 to S$15 in Week 17.

The pressure is made worse by more China late-season navels being diverted into Singapore. This additional supply is further compressing the orange market, especially when consumer demand remains weak.

In short, the citrus market is split: lemons are tight, but oranges are heavy.

More Chinese Hami melons arriving

Chinese Hami melon arrivals are increasing, and more supply is expected next week. Indicative prices are already compressing, with 86King Hami melon softening from S$17.00 in Week 16 to S$15.00 in Week 17.

This suggests the market is preparing for more volume, and buyers are becoming more cautious ahead of further arrivals.

Lychee is one of the few unique items

There are not many unique or exciting items moving strongly in the market this week, but China lychee has started arriving by air freight.

China Gui Hua Xiang lychee softened slightly from S$56.00 in Week 16 to S$52.00 in Week 17, suggesting more availability is starting to come through.

Next week, Vietnam lychee is also expected to arrive in Singapore, which may add more options and further shape the lychee market.

Mango supply is healthy, but Mango Susu is short

Thailand's mango supply remains healthy overall. However, Thailand Mango Susu is short due to weather-related production issues.

As a result, some demand has shifted towards the Rainbow mango and the Elephant mango. This substitution is helping to keep the mango category active, even though the overall market remains quiet.

Apples remain heavy, especially with more South African arrivals

Apple supply remains heavy in Singapore, with more South African fruit arriving.

Week-on-week, South African apple prices softened. Royal Gala dropped from S$32.50–S$34.00 in Week 16 to S$29.00–S$31.00 in Week 17, while Flash Gala softened from S$35.00 to S$31.00–S$34.00.

The apple market is well supplied, and buyers are likely to remain selective unless retail movement improves.

Australia's stonefruit is still moving healthily

Stonefruit remains one of the healthier-moving categories, especially from Australia.

Currently, most of the Australian stonefruit in the market is October Sun. Despite a generally slow market, October Sun is still able to command healthier pricing and has shown firmer movement compared with last week.

This is one of the few categories where quality and variety are still helping to support price.

Market outlook

The Singapore wholesale fruit market remains slow and cautious. End-consumer demand has not shown a clear recovery, while importers are reducing or controlling volume to avoid excessive stock pressure.

For the coming week, the key areas to watch are lemon availability, further blueberry pressure, additional China Hami melon arrivals, the impact of Vietnam lychee, and whether orange pricing continues to soften under combined Valencia and China navel supply.