Colombia has started exporting mangoes to the United States for the first time, according to the Ministry of Commerce and Tourism. The announcement was made by President Gustavo Petro, who expressed his desire for more Colombian products to be exported globally. However, former Ambassador Juan Carlos Pinzón corrected Petro, stating that Colombia had been exporting Hass avocados to the US since 2017. The first mango export was made from the department of Magdalena to Dallas, Texas. The United States imports nearly half a million tons of sugar mango annually.