Peru: Maybe we have all caused the mango market to boil over a bit

Tholen - The expectations that Peru would send fewer mangoes from the northern Piura area have come true as expected. Henk van der Meij from Hars&Hagebauer saw this with his own eyes last week when he visited the Peruvian cultivation areas. "Particularly in Piura we saw long rows of empty trees. Some farms had 70 to 80% less fruit." In the Piura region many trees are empty. They should now be full of fruit. "The cause is not just El Nino, but due to an average low temperature, fruit set was low, which resulted in considerably less fruit. The young trees in particular bore little fruit," says Henk. According to the importer, the situation looks more positive for the later areas. "In Casma I also saw empty trees, but the situation was a lot less serious." In Casma, unlike Piura, you can also see quite a few trees with fruit According to the importer, the current market situation has changed compared to a few weeks ago. "After a long period of shortages on the market, this period is ...