U.S. Import Volume
Per Year
Yearly report for range: 2005 through 2011
MANGOS
MEXICO
MANGOS
MEXICO
| Commodity Name | Origin Name | Date | Pounds | Boxes of 8.8 lbs |
| MANGOS | MEXICO | 2005 | 356,037,024 | 40,458,753 |
| MANGOS | MEXICO | 2006 | 422,407,500 | 48,000,852 |
| MANGOS | MEXICO | 2007 | 417,386,483 | 47,430,282 |
| MANGOS | MEXICO | 2008 | 367,115,092 | 41,717,624 |
| MANGOS | MEXICO | 2009 | 414,631,501 | 47,117,216 |
| MANGOS | MEXICO | 2010 | 472,026,963 | 53,639,428 |
| MANGOS | MEXICO | 2011 | 462,952,783 | 52,608,271 |
| Grand Total | 2,912,557,346 | 330,972,426 |
Source: USDA Market News - marketnews.usda.gov
BY WILL CAVAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL MANGO ORGANIZATION (IMO)
VISTA, CALIFORNIA
AUGUST 24, 2011
As we enter the mango counter season, Brazil has started shipping Tommy Atkins mangoes that, if the volume is managed properly as all indicators lead us to believe, will make economic sense for shippers and importers this year.
Brazil is keeping volume in the 6 - 7 million (4kg) carton range for the USA market with an FOB price in the $6.00 - $8.00 range.
Ecuador has taken a very responsible role in managing volume with their mango exports and actually cut back volume to the 6 million carton range last season (Sept-Jan). This program makes money as well for shippers and importers in the USA.
The big question mark is Peru.
Unlike, Brazil, Peru does not have an internal market that can absorb excess production or even compete actively for mangoes produced.
Peru is 100% dependent on exports of their mangoes.
This gets really scary when you realize that 77% of Peruvian mangoes go to processors.
The 23% of mangoes that were fresh exported were enough to flood the USA market and break the backs of shippers and importers that had money invested in Peru.
Last season Peru projected exports of 7 million cartons, in line with Brazil and Ecuador.
In actuality, Peru completely ignored their projections and committed the equivalent of "Hara-Kiri"(Sepukku) and exported 12 million cartons to the USA market!
Imagine for a moment, if Peru cannot place all of the 77% of their mango production that goes to processed and even more fruit spills into the fresh export market?
Keep in mind that last year was an alternating (Low) production year for Peru. That means that in theory, this year is a High production year for Peru.
To compound the issue for Peru, the bloom is running late this year in Peru which is good for Ecuador (which starts earlier than Peru) but very bad for Peru that always butts heads with Mexico's early production out of Chiapas and Oaxaca, etc.
The chart on Mexico shows that 2011 was an alternating (Low) year for Mexico and that 2012 will be a higher volume year. Perhaps we will see a later crop depending upon the bloom in Chiapas which is still several months away. That is the only variable that could save Peruvian shippers this coming season.
Here is the exponential growth out of Peru for the past six years:
U.S. Import Volume
Per Year
Yearly report for range: 2005 through 2011Export to Excel
| Commodity Name | Origin Name | Date | Pounds | Boxes of 8.8 lbs |
| MANGOS | PERU | 2005 | 49,131,166 | 5,583,087 |
| MANGOS | PERU | 2006 | 53,205,706 | 6,046,103 |
| MANGOS | PERU | 2007 | 73,411,717 | 8,342,241 |
| MANGOS | PERU | 2008 | 86,601,476 | 9,841,077 |
| MANGOS | PERU | 2009 | 42,631,651 | 4,844,506 |
| MANGOS | PERU | 2010 | 70,583,113 | 8,020,808 |
| MANGOS | PERU | 2011 | 107,502,950 | 12,216,244 |
| Grand Total | 483,067,779 | 54,894,066 |
Source: USDA Market News - marketnews.usda.gov
2009 volume dropped due to el niño phenom...which is always a wild card in the Peruvian deal due to the February - March potential for floods.
