In the first half of July, the European market was under-supplied in terms of sea-freight mangoes. Incoming shipments from Brazil, the main supplier at this time of year, stepped up though without satisfying demand. They partly offset the decrease in shipments from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic following the appearance of serious quality problems. Insignificant in previous years, these quality problems proved to be a major factor during this campaign for these two neighbouring sources. It would seem that the weather conditions arising from the El Niño phenomenon were particularly damaging during mango fruit-bearing, causing humidity levels which favoured the development of fungal diseases. Hence European importers cut back their procurement, only continuing their orders with exporters able to guarantee commercial quality. The situation proved favourable for the other sources present, such as Senegal and Brazil, which obtained fairly stable and high prices.
The air-freight mango market remained difficult through most of the month, because of massive imports from Mexico as demand was dwindling. Under these conditions, the last batches from West Africa sold on a downward footing at the beginning of the month, before disappearing from the market. The start of the Israeli campaign brought varietal diversification. The first Aya batches sold at around 3.00-3.50 euros/kg. In the second half of the month, this variety was rapidly replaced by Maya, which proved increasingly popular among purchasers as the Mexican supply dwindled. The Omer, Kasturi and Shelly varieties earned lower prices.
In the first half of August, the height of the summer holiday period, the European market saw a real collapse due to the steep downturn in demand. Whereas in July procurement had seemed insufficient, in August it appeared to be excessive, despite maintaining similar levels. Rates collapsed, especially for Brazilian mangoes, which reached their lowest level of the year, in particular Tommy Atkins (from 2.00 euros/box). Kent seems to have better withstood the turnaround in the trend, obtaining higher prices in line with the average. The heterogeneity of the imports in terms of source, variety and quality only aggravated poor sales. The supply, mainly comprising small-sized fruits, in addition proved ill-suited to the flagging demand. The fairly early withdrawal of shipments from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic helped stabilise the market conditions in the second half of the month, when Israel dominated the supply. At the end of period, the Spanish campaign was getting off to a slow start, with the first batches of Tommy Atkins, Osteen and Irwin.
The air-freight mango market was quieter than the sea-freight mango market, with steadier sale prices. The end of the Mexican campaign, after its volumes had saturated the market in July, helped stabilise rates for Senegal, in spite of quality problems, and for Israel which provided varietal diversification of the supply. Small batches of Egyptian Kent supplemented the limited supply in the second half of the month.
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