Fresh Plaza: The number of mangos shipped to the United States from South America rose this week with 887,040 boxes shipped. The number represents a 2.44% increase in volume over shipments from last week. Last week, 865,920 boxes were shipped. Projections for next week's shipments from Ecuador stand at 580,800 boxes, a drop of 34.5%. The following week's projections are 423,273 boxes. Prices for the fruit have fallen with prices at major American ports falling from between 4% and 22%. The average price per box in
South Florida for Tommy Atkins mangos fell 4.4%, while average prices at Philadelphia and Southern California ports fell 7.9% and
22.9%, respectively. Because the Brazilian mango season recently finished, and with Peru's season yet to start, Ecuador is currently the only major South American exporter of mangos to the United States. The Brazilian season wrapped up in November and shipped a total of 6 million boxes to the United States. Peru's season will run from mid-December through March, and it is expected that 5.4 million boxes will be shipped to the US.
Source: Fresh Plaza
Fresh Plaza: The number of mangos shipped to the United States from South America rose this week with 887,040 boxes shipped. The number represents a 2.44% increase in volume over shipments from last week. Last week, 865,920 boxes were shipped. Projections for next week's shipments from Ecuador stand at 580,800 boxes, a drop of 34.5%. The following week's projections are 423,273 boxes. Prices for the fruit have fallen with prices at major American ports falling from between 4% and 22%. The average price per box in