AU: Honey Gold mangoes among top four
Managing director, Gavin Scurr, said Honey Gold mangoes were now nudging Kensington Pride, R2E2 and Calypso mangoes for market share.
Mr Scurr, who is also Australian Mango Industry Association chairman, said Australia's mango industry produced approximately eight million trays per season with Piñata Farms producing about 600,000 trays of Honey Golds.
"That's about seven per cent of volume, or based on industry data, about nine per cent of value. We're on target to achieve a 10 per cent market share by 2018," he said. "We had a bigger volume of fruit this season because trees in some of our growing regions reached full production for the first time.
Piñata Farms, in conjunction with 30 third party growers, produces Honey Gold mangoes in five mainland states. Harvesting begins in the Northern Territory in November with picking progressing southwards until it ends in New South Wales and Victoria in March.
In the 2014-2015 season, Queensland produced nearly 70 per cent of the crop followed by the Northern Territory (25 per cent), Western Australia (5 per cent) and New South Wales (one per cent). Victoria produced less than one per cent.
Mr Scurr said Piñata Farms had focussed on leading supermarket chains nationally this season, significantly increasing the annual quantity of fruit supplied.
A small volume was exported to New Zealand, Singapore, Dubai and Hong Kong.
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