ISSUE 60 — DECEMBER 2021
Seasonal Fruit:
Mango
Mangoes are a sign of warmer months here in Australia and anybody who has walked through a produce market during summer would be familiar with the smell of sweet mango nectar that lingers around the stalls.
This juicy fruit is easy to prepare, full of nutritional value and can be used in both sweet and savoury recipes, so it comes as no surprise that a whopping 150 million mangoes are expected to be consumed by Australians over the coming months .
season however, the popularity of mangoes amongst Australians is set to offset this revenue loss, with downstream demand expected to grow over the next 5 years due to an increasingly health-conscious consumer market.
Despite the popularity of mangoes, the industry was not immune to the labour shortages that rippled across the agriculture industry over the last few years. The industries reliance on seasonal workers was made soberingly apparent when travel restrictions were implemented to reduce the spread of Covid-19. This labour shortage is expected to result in a decline in industry revenue over the 2021
Industry snapshot of Mango Growing in Australia (from IBIS world)
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¡ Market Size: $131m ¡ Number of Businesses: 316 ¡ Industry Employment: 1,310
