The current campaign of fresh mangoes is already nearing completion; however, the results of their shipments are not being as encouraging as the producers expected.

The fresh mango export campaign has just passed through its highest peaks and only until January its shipments totaled 111,673 tons for 136 million dollars, which was 24% lower volume and 21% lower in value with respect to the results obtained. the previous campaign 2019/2020 during the same period.

Despite this decline, not everything has been bad during the current mango campaign as shipments of frozen and processed fruit increased their shipments reaching 144 thousand 285 tons for 177 million dollars, 8% less in volume and 2% less in value. And although exports also fell, they managed to offset the greater drop in shipments of fresh mangoes.

3 Reasons why mango shipments decreased

1. The lack of rain played an important role because, as there was a drought on the north coast as a result of the La Niña phenomenon, there was a shortage of water in the reservoirs that producers use to irrigate their crops.
2. Another factor against was the current pandemic product of COVID - 19, which affected the northern part of the country to a greater extent and, of course, also the agro-industries and farms that had to implement greater and better security measures to maintain the health of your collaborators.
3. The third factor was the agricultural strike at the end of last year, which stopped shipments and harvests for a few days, causing great losses for producers. 50 million dollars were lost in Ica, 70 million dollars in La Libertad and with respect to mango, shipments fell 45% in the most critical days.

Main destinations for fresh mango

The two main markets of the 47 that Peruvian mango has managed to reach were the United States with 36%, where almost 45 thousand tons were shipped for 50 million dollars and the Netherlands with 31% of the participation, to which they shipped 35,735 tons for 38 million dollars.

The price per kilogram of fresh mango is 1.13 dollars per kilogram, 3% more than the previous season and 8% less than the average price, while frozen and processed mango reached 1.80 dollars per kilogram, 3% more than the campaign above and 47% more compared to the average price.