Mango monthly review: May 2023

Sea-freight mangos traded under generally good conditions, carrying on from April. The gradual end of the Peruvian campaign and the slow start by the West African origins helped the fruit placed maintain steady, high rates. The smaller volumes from West Africa kept in step with the gradually ebbing demand, as it switched bit by bit toward seasonal fruits. So the market was balanced overall, with a smaller supply this year from West Africa. Meanwhile, Brazil supplied steady volumes, primarily of the Palmer variety, plus to a lesser extent Keitt and Tommy Atkins. These products sold on slightly lower price footings than Kent. 

At the start of the month, the air-freight mango market was swollen by ongoing substantial shipments from Peru. This fruit of varying quality weighed down on transactions and impaired the placement of West African fruit, with the origins at the start of their campaigns. 

The unreliability of the Peruvian supply soon aided sales of Ivorian fruit. Malian fruit had more difficulty finding takers due to the uneven quality of the batches supplied. In the second half of the month, the sales conditions improved for African fruit, which made up the bulk of the supply. Meanwhile, top-up Kent variety batches from the Dominican Republic traded at between €5.00 and €6.00/kg. The first Mexican batches reached the market at the end of the period, with the still moderate quantities enabling rates to hold up at around €6.00/kg.

mango - europe - incoming shipments May 2023

mango - france - import price May 2023