How Is the Peruvian Mango Supply Chain Formed?

Peru has more than 130 producers/exporters of mangoes distributed along the northern coast of Peru at Casma, Olmos, and Chulucanas Valleys. Camposol as in several produced and exported fruits is the main exporter of mangoes in Peru with its 24.9M USD representing 39% of the share of the market, almost by half we find Sunshine Export with 11.9M USD being 19% of the share, third and close we have Asia Farms with 10.7M USD with 17% of the share, other important exporters we find are Dominus, Golden fresh, Tropical Fruit, Frutas de Piura, between others.

Farmers -> Packhouses -> Exporters

Most of the time, farmers export directly themselves wherein they bring the mangoes to the packinghouses which are then exported under their (exporter’s) name. In times when exporters have partner farms, they direct the farmers to grow the crops in a certain way to meet certain production specifications. There are only few exporting companies that source from small farmers and they are usually the big exporters. Other times, large packinghouses have their own farms for which they can do everything in-house. Usually, the fruit is picked when the order comes in. Generally, for the 2021 season, the crops from Piura were not as good wherein the lack of rainfall resulted to smaller mangoes. On the other hand, mangoes from Casma are expected to be of larger size and of better quality.