date:May 08, 2023
fficial mango body came to between 70,000 and 80,000 tonnes which, if the entire production of South Africa is reckoned in, means around 120,000 tonnes of mangoes were produced in South Africa over the past season.
Very little of that is exported, but export volumes are slightly up this year (final figures are not yet available). Only 6.5% of SAMGA members mango crop is exported (often by avocado and citrus exporters) mostly going to the Middle East.
South African mangoes lost their foothold i