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World mango production and trade
Article number
1415_1
Pages
1 – 18
Language
English
Abstract
The mango is commercially cultivated both in the tropics and subtropics in all continents from 37° North to 33° South latitude and it is produced in around 100 countries all over the world.
Although the most important mango producing countries are located in the tropics, the cultivation of mango in the subtropics has grown much in the last decades.
Due to a variety of cultivars, different climatic conditions and also to the development of cultural techniques allowing forced flower induction outside of the natural flowering period it is possible to supply the growing demand of world markets all year around.
Despite the number of mango producing countries having stabilized in the last decade, world mango production has increased considerably in this century from 25.0×106 t in 2000 to 57.0×106 t in 2021. Mexico, Thailand, Brazil, Pakistan, Peru, and India are the leading exporting countries.
Green or yellow cultivars are preferred in Asia (the main mango producing continent with around 75% of total world production) where consumers favor taste rather than color.
With the exception of the Mexican cultivar ‘Ataulfo’, especially in the US market, the Floridian cultivars, with ‘Kent’ followed by ‘Keitt’ being the favorites, dominate the western markets.
The mango market segments into the fresh mango market including the so-called ‘ready to eat’ and ‘fresh cut’, and the increasing market for frozen mangoes and processed mangoes, and, additionally, the increasing demand for organic mangoes suggests a positive outlook for the future of this crop.
Although the most important mango producing countries are located in the tropics, the cultivation of mango in the subtropics has grown much in the last decades.
Due to a variety of cultivars, different climatic conditions and also to the development of cultural techniques allowing forced flower induction outside of the natural flowering period it is possible to supply the growing demand of world markets all year around.
Despite the number of mango producing countries having stabilized in the last decade, world mango production has increased considerably in this century from 25.0×106 t in 2000 to 57.0×106 t in 2021. Mexico, Thailand, Brazil, Pakistan, Peru, and India are the leading exporting countries.
Green or yellow cultivars are preferred in Asia (the main mango producing continent with around 75% of total world production) where consumers favor taste rather than color.
With the exception of the Mexican cultivar ‘Ataulfo’, especially in the US market, the Floridian cultivars, with ‘Kent’ followed by ‘Keitt’ being the favorites, dominate the western markets.
The mango market segments into the fresh mango market including the so-called ‘ready to eat’ and ‘fresh cut’, and the increasing market for frozen mangoes and processed mangoes, and, additionally, the increasing demand for organic mangoes suggests a positive outlook for the future of this crop.
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Authors
V. Galán Saúco
Keywords
market, cultivars, consumption, prices, export
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