According to market sources, harvesting and packing of mangoes from orchards has almost come to a standstill due to rains in the major mango producing areas of Gir, Kutch and South Gujarat for the past two days.
Kesar Mango Price in Ahmedabad (21 June 2026) | Saffron Mango Price Ahmedabad: With the pre-monsoon activity in Gujarat and the official arrival of Monsoon, the state is witnessing rainy weather. This changed weather and incessant rains are now having a direct impact on the wholesale fruit market. In the Ahmedabad Wholesale Market Yard (APMC) today, amid the rainy weather, the mango market witnessed a strong boom and boom. Amid scarcity of premium quality mangoes in the market today, the price of mangoes per maund (20 kg) has gone up from ₹ 1,000 to ₹ 4,000 depending on the quality.
Break on revenue due to rains, demand remains unchanged
According to market sources, harvesting and packing of mangoes from orchards has almost come to a standstill due to rains in the major mango producing areas of Gir, Kutch and South Gujarat for the past two days. Apart from this, the daily income of mangoes in Ahmedabad yard has been reduced by fifty percent due to the slow down of transportation in rainy weather. On the other hand, as the season is now in its final stages, the demand for buying mangoes is still very strong among taste lovers and local traders. As incomes are low and the number of buyers is high, prices have skyrocketed.
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Strive for premium quality amid the risk of spoilage
Mangoes soaked in rainwater rot quickly and their taste also deteriorates. Hence, wholesale traders and raw material buyers are now buying very cautiously in the market. There is a huge scramble among the traders to get the saffron or hafus mangoes of premium quality, harvested before the rains, from the orchards coming to the yard. This is the reason why prices of such premium and A-grade mangoes have reached historic levels of ₹3,500 to ₹4,000 per maund. While normal or medium grade mangoes are also selling between ₹1,000 to ₹2,000.
The burden will be on the consumers’ pockets
Due to this unexpected surge in the wholesale market, mangoes will become more expensive for common consumers in the retail market as well in the coming days. It is quite possible that the price of a good saffron mango will directly cross ₹150 to 200 per kg in the retail market. Traders say that if the rainfall continues like this for the next two-three days, the mango season will end earlier this year and prices may still go up. Consumers who want to eat the last cream of the season are now left with no option but to buy mangoes at expensive prices.
