Mango production down 20% this year due to crop damage
Updated: Apr 17, 2014 03:57:29pm
New Delhi, Apr 17 (KNN) Mangoes are likely to be expensive this year due to short supply of mangoes for domestic consumption owing to significant crop damage and rising export orders pouring in especially from the UAE, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bangladesh and others, according to an ASSOCHAM analysis.
"Mango production across India, in all likelihood, will remain about 15-20 per cent lower than last year's level of 18 million tonnes (MT) and even the exports are likely to remain muted this year," Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat said while releasing the chamber's study.
Over 50 per cent of mango trees are estimated to have been affected and the fruits have also been damaged in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh owing to unseasonal rains in early March, the study said.
There could be upward spiralling of prices as mango arrivals are likely to decline from these five states, which together account for two-third of India's total mango production, it added.
The study observed that the increase in mango exports -- which has grown by 27 per cent in the last three years to Rs 267 crore in 2012-13 from Rs 164 crore in 2010-11 -- has also impacted domestic supplies thereby leading to price rise.
The UAE is the top export destination for India's mangoes accounting for over 61 per cent share followed by UK and Saudi Arabia.
Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh together account for about half of the total mango production in India. Of over 1,300 varieties of mangoes grown across the world, India alone cultivates over 1,000 varieties of the fruit.
Exports of mangoes from India have grown at a CAGR of over 27 per cent during the course of past three years i.e. from over Rs 16,400 lakh in 2010-11 to over Rs 26,700 lakh as of 2012-13.
“This has had a significant impact on domestic demand of mangoes thereby leading to rise in their prices,” it said.
The UAE is the top most export destination for India's mangoes accounting for over 61 per cent share followed by the UK (12 per cent) and Saudi Arabia (five per cent). Qatar, Kuwait and Bangladesh are other leading export destinations for Indian mangoes.
Qatar is leading with about 110 per cent CAGR in mango imports from India followed by the USA (88 per cent), Oman (84 per cent), Nepal (70 per cent) and Kuwait (46 per cent) amid top five destinations recording high growth in mangoes exported from India. (KNN Bureau)
"Mango production across India, in all likelihood, will remain about 15-20 per cent lower than last year's level of 18 million tonnes (MT) and even the exports are likely to remain muted this year," Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat said while releasing the chamber's study.
Over 50 per cent of mango trees are estimated to have been affected and the fruits have also been damaged in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh owing to unseasonal rains in early March, the study said.
There could be upward spiralling of prices as mango arrivals are likely to decline from these five states, which together account for two-third of India's total mango production, it added.
The study observed that the increase in mango exports -- which has grown by 27 per cent in the last three years to Rs 267 crore in 2012-13 from Rs 164 crore in 2010-11 -- has also impacted domestic supplies thereby leading to price rise.
The UAE is the top export destination for India's mangoes accounting for over 61 per cent share followed by UK and Saudi Arabia.
Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh together account for about half of the total mango production in India. Of over 1,300 varieties of mangoes grown across the world, India alone cultivates over 1,000 varieties of the fruit.
Exports of mangoes from India have grown at a CAGR of over 27 per cent during the course of past three years i.e. from over Rs 16,400 lakh in 2010-11 to over Rs 26,700 lakh as of 2012-13.
“This has had a significant impact on domestic demand of mangoes thereby leading to rise in their prices,” it said.
The UAE is the top most export destination for India's mangoes accounting for over 61 per cent share followed by the UK (12 per cent) and Saudi Arabia (five per cent). Qatar, Kuwait and Bangladesh are other leading export destinations for Indian mangoes.
Qatar is leading with about 110 per cent CAGR in mango imports from India followed by the USA (88 per cent), Oman (84 per cent), Nepal (70 per cent) and Kuwait (46 per cent) amid top five destinations recording high growth in mangoes exported from India. (KNN Bureau)
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