Peru will export more than 250 thousand tons of fresh mango in the 2025/2026 campaign

(Agraria.pe) In the 2025/2026 campaign, Peruvian exports of fresh mango are expected to exceed 250 thousand tons. In the previous campaign (2024/2025), shipments reached 287,000 tons. This was reported by the president of the Peruvian Mango Producers Association (Promango), Ángel Gamarra Condori, who highlighted that it will be an extensive campaign (until April) and a significant volume of fruit is expected. He detailed that at the beginning of August, there was concern among producers due to the low percentage of flowering in the trees located in the San Lorenzo valley in Piura, the main mango production area in the country, which has 24 thousand hectares. "In August, only 30% of the mango areas in San Lorenzo presented flowering, today the panorama is different and now 70% of the hectares have flowered and are in the fruit setting stage," he stated. He detailed that the cold hours recorded at night allowed the trees (induced) to accumulate this condition, even the trees that ...