Fresh Mangoes

Kent, Keitt, Tommy Atkins, Ataulfo and South Asian varieties by weight band, in 4 kg cartons

Mangoes are bought on variety, weight band and ripeness stage. The UNECE FFV-45 standard sets a minimum fruit weight of 100 g and size codes A to D by weight, with a limit on the weight difference between fruit in one package, and three classes, Extra, I and II. Sea-freight fruit is packed in 4 kg cartons by count; a Peruvian packer's Kent specification for Europe, for example, fills to 4.15-4.20 kg net and palletises 252 cartons to a pallet. Kent, Keitt and Tommy Atkins are the round varieties that carry the long-haul sea trade from the Americas, Ataulfo (Honey) opens the Mexican season, and South Asian varieties such as Chaunsa carry the Pakistani and Indian trade. UN Comtrade 2024 export declarations under HS 0804.50, a heading that also includes guavas and mangosteens, total USD 3.96 billion: Mexico at 442,000 MT and an average USD 1,437/MT, Thailand at 418,000 MT at USD 1,591, Brazil at 259,000 MT at USD 1,358, Peru at 178,000 MT at USD 1,761, Pakistan at 136,000 MT at USD 880, India at 107,000 MT at USD 1,439, China at 99,000 MT and Ecuador at 69,000 MT at USD 895.

Seasons rotate through the year. Peru's Kent harvest runs from November to March and is about 95% of its mango exports, concentrated from December to March; Mexico's export season runs from February in Chiapas to September in Sinaloa, with Tommy Atkins at about 40% of volume, Ataulfo 28%, Kent 22% and Keitt 7%; Brazil peaks from August to December, with Palmer and Tommy Atkins supplying almost year-round; and Pakistan's Chaunsa runs from July to mid-September. Mangoes are highly sensitive to ethylene and chilling: mature green fruit is carried at about 8-10°C and 85-90% relative humidity and keeps three to four weeks, and controlled atmosphere at 3-5% oxygen and 5-8% carbon dioxide slows ripening, with oxygen under 2% or carbon dioxide over 10% damaging the fruit. The documents follow the destination: a phytosanitary certificate, GlobalG.A.P. certification for European retail, residues within the destination's maximum residue levels, and the quarantine treatment the destination sets; mangoes for the USA go through a hot water treatment at 46.1°C for 75 to 110 minutes depending on fruit weight, in packhouses approved and supervised by USDA inspectors. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers fresh mangoes from packers and exporters in these origins against the phytosanitary and treatment certificates and an independent inspection at loading where the buyer wants it. Cargo moves on FOB, CFR and CIF terms in reefer containers. Send the variety, count per 4 kg carton, ripeness stage, weekly volume and discharge port.

Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.