São Paulo mango season ends strong: Volume rebounds despite disease and industrial slump
The 2025/26 mango season in the state of São Paulo is entering its final stage in February. Despite phytosanitary challenges and a lower projection for the processing industry, local industry insight firm HF Brasil reported an overall more favorable performance than last season.
The first volumes of Tommy Atkins were first commercialized in October and continued through the first half of January. Meanwhile, the Palmer harvest began during the second week of December, with closure set for the first half of February.
Bacterial diseases that impacted the mango
The season’s main obstacle came after New Year’s, when the São Paulo market registered a significant increase in bacterial diseases. Palmer orchards were particularly affected.
According to HF Brasil, some producers reported losses of up to 60 percent of planted areas, with fruit that didn’t meet minimum standards even for industrial processing.
Regardless, strong output development between October and January—mainly in the Tommy Atkins variety—would allow the campaign to close with a recovery of between 30 percent and 40 percent in total volumes compared to the 2024/25 season.
Industry projects a drop in processed production
From an industrial perspective, the outlook is not as encouraging.
Mango processing in Brazil is expected to be between 18,000 and 20,000 metric tons of pulp, representing a nearly 15 percent decrease compared to the last season, according to HF Brasil.
This adjustment mainly stems from a well-stocked Indian market, one of the main destinations for processed Brazilian pulp.
*All images are referential.
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