Spain: At the moment there are few alternatives and there is a lot of mango price speculation

The Spanish mango season has ended abruptly, forcing traders to switch to imported fruit much earlier than usual. "But the import market is quite complicated because there is generally little product," says Aldo Colella, manager of Bonobo Fruit, a company based in Málaga specializing in tropical fruit. "We are currently importing mangoes from Brazil. The price is quite high, because there is not much supply there. But since the supply is lower than the demand, there are no problems with sales. At the moment, in the European countries where I sell the fruit, especially Spain, France and Belgium, there are few alternatives and there is a lot of price speculation." "The Peruvian mango is said to be catastrophic this year due to the weather conditions. There has been no winter, so the flowering has been very poor. There is talk of 80-90% less yield in the largest growing area of the country, near the border with Ecuador. There is not much information from Africa yet, because Ivory ...