Mango varieties see mixed prices in the U.S. market

In this installment of the ‘In Charts' series, Cristian Crespo of Agronometrics illustrates how the U.S. market is evolving. Each week the series looks at a different horticultural commodity, focusing on a specific origin or topic visualizing the market factors that are driving change. This week for In Charts, we will talk about the U.S. mango market and look at how prices of the main varieties and origins behaved during the recently ended season, the weeks that reached the highest prices and the window that North America has before the next season begins. In the graph below we can see that between 2020 and 2021, mango prices of the main varieties behaved similarly across the board in the U.S. market. As was mentioned in previous articles, the highest average prices are from Haiti's premium mango variety called Francis. The highest prices per kilogram this season were for the Francis variety at US$2.82 per kilogram in the week of April 11, more than 11 percent higher than the ...