Mangoes

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A group of small businesses have joined forces to export mangoes. Called the Mango Cluster, the group has sold ten container loads to Europe over the last month. Most of the fruit is of the Keith variety. The group contracted the packing services of the Ocoa Agro-Industrial Company, which normally packages avocados for export, but, since this is not the avocado-exporting season, the facility was ready and willing to package the mango crop. According to spokespersons from the cluster, the group is packaging 15-20,000 mangos a day, but they are far below their maximum capacity of 50,000 per day. The spokesperson told Listin Diario reporters that this was mainly due to the poor quality of roads in the mango-growing region that prevented the harvest from reaching the packing plant in perfect condition. During the current harvest, the cluster plans to ship a total of 20 containers to Europe. In the future, the target is four containers a week, reaching a total of 40 containers for the cluster's export goal.

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