The 2025-26 pack year shows extreme front-loading. Tariff uncertainty drove buyers to move product onto US contracts during the season months, depleting the pipeline by fall. October through January shipments fell 75% year over year. By contrast, the 2022-23 pack year had unusually heavy H2 shipments as processors liquidated pandemic-era inventory at falling prices. The 2026 season will start with minimal carryover inventory in the US supply chain.