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Mango Month

Next celebratedTuesday, June 1, 2027

Mango Month gives June to a fruit that is best eaten over the sink. Slice one for breakfast, blend one into a smoothie, or pile them into a salsa, and make the most of a month of mangos.

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Last updated September 7, 2026 · by the Holiday Calendar TeamHave an update or spot an error?
YEARLY DATEAll of June
OBSERVED INUnited States
CATEGORYFood
SUBCATEGORYFruit
ORIGIN

Community Origin

FOUNDING ENTITY
Not documented
FIRST OBSERVED
Not documented
HOW THE HOLIDAY CAME TO BE

First found on the promoter's own web page.

No creator, founding organisation or establishment year for Mango Month has been located. The earliest documented statement of it is an archived National Mango Board page captured on 11 February 2012, and the board promotes the month without claiming to have started it.

See the 2012 archived pagevia web.archive.org
INTRO

The mango promotion that imports mostly pay for

Mango Month is promoted by a board the United States government wrote into existence. USDA projected that the money to run it would arrive "about 8 percent from domestic production and 92 percent from imports."

So the promotion is national and the money mostly is not. The levy behind it is compulsory, and it is charged by the pound.

Which country's fruit is on the shelf changes through the year. AMS wrote in its own import table that each leading supplier "is the main supplier of mango to U.S markets during specific times of the year". June is the month the board puts its campaign behind whatever has arrived.

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ORIGINS

Mango Month history

INTRODUCTION

The mango is old, and America is late to it: UF/IFAS records the tree as cultivated in India for more than 4,000 years. It reached the Americas only in the 18th century. The first recorded introduction into Florida was at Cape Sable in 1833.

The domestic half of USDA's mango supply table has gone quiet since 1997. That year the Economic Research Service put United States utilized production of fresh mangoes at 5.5 million pounds, and it has printed NA every year since. NA means the agency reports no figure, not that the groves are gone.

CHAPTER 01

The industry voted itself a promoter

The trade did not leave the promotion to chance. In a referendum held from 10 to 28 November 2003, mango first handlers and importers voted on whether to build a national programme. A majority of those voting were in favour.

USDA published the Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order as a final rule on 4 October 2004, and it took effect on 3 November. The order created the National Mango Board and is codified at 7 CFR part 1206.

In 2022 the board asked USDA to hand its seven foreign-producer seats to the five countries that ship the most fruit. Of the 58 comments AMS received, 32 opposed it. The proposal was withdrawn on 31 July 2023.

CHAPTER 02

Three indexes, and nothing on the month

Against all that machinery, the month itself has left almost no paper. The Federal Register index, HathiTrust and the California Digital Newspaper Collection all return nothing for the phrase.

What survives is a page on the promoter's own site, archived on 11 February 2012 and headed "June is Mango Month". Behind that headline is a cooking video, and the caption under it reads: "Ingrid Hoffmann prepares her Mahi Mango Tostadas to celebrate June as Mango Month, when the most varieties are available in the U.S."

The reason has since moved. The board's current page tells readers that mangos in the United States are available all year long, and it runs the month under the hashtag #AlwaysMangoSZN.

TIMELINE

Timeline

First mango recorded in Florida

UF/IFAS records the first documented introduction of the mango into Florida, at Cape Sable.

USDA's mango series begins

The supply table opens with 43.2 million pounds of fresh mangoes imported and a quarter of a pound available per person.

The last domestic production figure

The Economic Research Service reports 5.5 million pounds of United States utilized production and prints NA in every year after.

USDA creates the National Mango Board

The Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order is published on 4 October and takes effect on 3 November.

The month's earliest surviving record

A National Mango Board page captured on 11 February reads June is Mango Month.

The industry votes to continue

94.12 percent of voting first handlers and importers back keeping the programme, a result USDA announced on 20 November.

WHY THIS DAY MATTERS

Why We Love Mango Month

LEVY

Half a million pounds a year, and you are paying in.

First handlers and importers who move 500,000 pounds or more of mangos a year are assessed on every pound, whether or not they want the promotion. Anyone under that threshold may claim an exemption, and domestically grown mangos that leave the country are exempt too.

CONSENT

The industry can vote the promotion away

Under 7 CFR 1206.71(b) USDA must poll first handlers and importers every five years on whether the assessment should continue. A vote against it sends the order to the termination procedures at 7 CFR 1206.73.

BUDGET

Where the assessment money is allowed to go

USDA projected that the assessments would generate about $2.5 million a year to administer the programme the month belongs to. Under 7 CFR 1206.40(h) the board may spend no more than 15 percent of its income in a calendar year on its own overhead: administration, maintenance and functioning.

AT A GLANCE

The mango at a glance

Scientific name
Mangifera indica
Family
Anacardiaceae
Native to
the Indo-Burma region
Fruit
a drupe with a single flattened seed
Flowers per panicle
550 to more than 4,000, mostly male
Fruit per panicle
an average of less than one in Florida
Florida harvest
May to September, heaviest in June and July

BY THE NUMBERS

Mango Month by the Numbers

3.49 lb
Fresh mango available per American, 2024
1,197.2M lb
US fresh mango imports, 2024
$0.0075
US mango assessment per pound
2 of 18
Mango Board seats held by US growers
~110
Entities eligible to vote on the mango levy, 2025

GOOD TO KNOW

Mango Month Around the World

Mexico

62.9 percent of America's fresh whole mango imports, 2019 to 2021, and the largest of the five countries that supply 96.1 percent of them

Peru

12.5 percent, the second largest supplier

Ecuador

9.5 percent

Brazil

8.7 percent

Guatemala

2.5 percent, the smallest share of that top five

Haiti

2.0 percent

GET INVOLVED

How to Celebrate Mango Month

EDITOR'S PICK

Read the federal order the board runs on

The rules behind the promotion are published in full as 7 CFR part 1206. It is the shortest route to understanding who pays for June and what they get.

CHECK

Check the country of origin before you buy

Boxes and stickers in the produce aisle usually name the country the fruit travelled from. Reading them through June shows which of the leading suppliers is holding the shelf that week.

VISIT

Visit a grove in South Florida

Commercial mango production in the state sits in Dade, Lee and Palm Beach counties. A tree there needs 100 to 150 days to carry a flower through to mature fruit.

FOLLOW

Follow the board's own June campaign

The National Mango Board publishes the month on its own site under the hashtag #AlwaysMangoSZN. The board is the only body that documents the month in its own words.

SET

Set a mango beside a cashew and a pistachio

UF/IFAS files the mango in the family Anacardiaceae and lists cashew, spondias and pistachio among its relatives. Putting them on one plate is a quicker botany lesson than any diagram.

Test your knowledge

How well do you know Mango Month?

1 / 8

Which USDA agency published the order that created the National Mango Board?

Answer

No. It is not a public holiday, and the Federal Register's index carries no document designating a National Mango Month, so the word national describes the board that promotes it rather than any federal designation.

COLOPHON

Sources

How we know what’s on this page. References, not endorsements.

12sources
12primary records
6independently dated
Federal Register2004-10-04
Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order
The final rule that set up the National Mango Board and its assessment.
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National Archives and Records Administration
eCFR: 7 CFR Part 1206, Mango Promotion, Research, and Information
The mango order as currently in force, with the assessment rate and board seats.
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Federal Register2023-07-31
Adjustments to Mango Board Representation; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule
AMS drops the seat plan after 58 comments and states the 18-member makeup.
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Federal Register2025-09-22
Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order; Continuance Referendum
The notice ordering the 2025 vote and counting the eligible voters.
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USDA Agricultural Marketing Service2025-11-20
Mango Industry Votes to Continue Research and Promotion Program
USDA's announcement of the 2025 referendum result, read through the Internet Archive.
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Federal Register2022-11-01
Adjustments to Mango Board Representation
Country-by-country shares of US fresh mango imports for 2019 to 2021.
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USDA Economic Research Service2024
Fruit and Tree Nuts Yearbook Tables
Table G-8, the 1980 to 2024 supply and availability series for fresh mangoes.
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University of Florida IFAS Extension
Mango Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
Mango botany, flowering and Florida harvest timing from the state extension service.
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National Mango Board
June is National Mango Month!
The promoter's current page for the month and its AlwaysMangoSZN campaign.
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National Mango Board
Video Showcase: June is Mango Month
The earliest located page stating the month, captured in February 2012.
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HathiTrust Digital Library
Full-text search for the phrase National Mango Month
A zero-result full-text search for the month across the digitised book and serial corpus.
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California Digital Newspaper Collection
Search for the phrase mango month
A zero-result search for the phrase across the newspaper collection.
View source
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