Abstract
Big scale production and world wide distribution of fruits are a relatively recent phenomenon that we actually attribute to the development of transportation systems, of intensive production techniques and of the conservation ways. While the tempered fruits market is growing very low and actually stagnating, the demand and offer for exotic fruits are literally exploding in the last decade. In this huge market, Mango is one of these tropical fruits and the most dynamic one: Demand in consumer countries are growing very fast and producer countries are following this good new with enthusiasm. There is now only one family of mango cultivated, Mangifera Indica, but composed by a lot of consumable species. We have to describe the main characteristics of Mango, because as you will see, it will have a lot of influences for topics like transportation, production and distribution, also all the pillars of an eventual importation. Here will we present you some of the main ones:
