Peru shipped 233 thousand tonnes of mango in 2025/26 and made the same money as the season before

What a kilo of Peruvian mango cost, month by month

Peru ships fresh mango in a window, and in the 2025/26 season that window opened late. The fruit that used to leave in November left in December and January instead, and the kilo never came back down.

Peru shipped 233 thousand tonnes of fresh mango last season, against 304 thousand the season before.

The export value came out the same, 354 million dollars against 347.

The gap was covered by price

If a quarter of the volume disappears and the money stays where it was, the price did the work. The kilo of fresh mango averaged $1.52 last season, against $1.14 the season before.

That is a third more for the same fruit. It holds in every month that carries volume, so the whole season moved with it.

The price was already up in the opening week

The season average hides the part a buyer can act on, which is when the money changed hands. The table below has every month of both seasons, in dollars per kilo.

November opened at $1.89 the kilo against $1.11, before the first full week of shipping had closed. The month that used to set the reference for the season set another.

January is the biggest month of the year and the one that normally brings the discount, and it came in at $1.47 against $1.03. That is the month that decides what a program costs. Not one of the months that carry the fruit went back down to where it had been, and the discount that shows up when the volume peaks did not show up at all.

The window itself moved

November used to hold 12.9% of the volume of a season, and last season it held 3.9%. What moved is the start, because the peak stayed where it was, in January. A buyer who builds his calendar on a picture of an older season asks for a quote a month before there is fruit.

Every large destination paid more

A single expensive market can pull a season average up on its own, so the destinations are worth separating. All of them moved the same way.

The United States, which takes the most fruit, went from $1.08 to $1.41 the kilo, and the Netherlands from $0.97 to $1.35.

Spain and Korea stayed the most expensive doors of the season, and both ended higher than they started. There was no cheap way in left.

The list of exporters got shorter

The number of exporters shipping fresh mango fell to 200, from 234 the season before.

That does not move the average, but it does move the conversation. The exporter who is still there has less fruit to hand out and more people asking for it. For a buyer that is the real change, because a shorter list is a shorter shortlist to qualify, and the exporter who stayed is choosing among buyers rather than the other way around.

What this does to a sourcing calendar

Fruit leaves Peru between October and April, and a handful of those months carry almost all of it. From May to September the country ships close to nothing.

A quote asked for in June is asked into an empty calendar; the same quote in January is asked when the fruit is already committed. The conversation that changes a number happens before November, with exporters that will still be shipping in March.

In practice that means qualifying the shortlist in September and October, before the first boats leave. It also means knowing which exporters held their programs to the end of last season, rather than the ones that ship only while the price is good.

The record does not prove a trend yet, and the season ahead may look nothing like the one that just closed. What it does say is that a smaller Peruvian crop no longer arrives with a discount attached, and that the buyers who waited for one spent a season waiting for a price that never came.

Common questions

How much fresh mango did Peru ship in the 2025/26 season?

233 thousand tonnes, against 304 thousand the season before, counting the 2025/26 season as it actually runs. That is 23% less fruit.

If Peru shipped 23% less, did the money fall too?

No. The export value was 354 million dollars against 347 the season before, so the money came out practically the same on a quarter less fruit. The gap was covered by price.

What does a kilo of Peruvian mango cost now?

Last season the kilo averaged $1.52, against $1.14 the season before, about a third more for the same fruit.

When in the season did the price move?

From the first week. November opened at $1.89 the kilo against $1.11, and the peak months of December, January and February never came back down to where they were.

Are there fewer Peruvian mango exporters to quote?

Yes. 200 exporters shipped last season against 234, so 34 names came off the list. The shortlist is shorter and the ones left had less reason to discount.

Which destinations paid what?

Every large one paid more last season. The United States went from $1.08 to $1.41 the kilo, the Netherlands from $0.97 to $1.35, Spain from $1.59 to $2.47 and Korea from $2.91 to $3.13.

When should a buyer be negotiating Peruvian mango?

Before November. Fruit leaves Peru between October and April, and the five months from November to March carry around 95% of the season. A quote asked for in June is asked into an empty calendar.