Mango prices in Pakistan
What a box of Pakistani mangoes costs and why, from a grower: our 2027 prices, what export grade really means, and what we will not pretend to know.
What we charge
Our own prices for the 2027 season, direct from the orchard, for a 5 KG box of roughly a dozen fruit depending on grade and size.
| Variety | Our window | 5 KG box |
|---|---|---|
| Sindhri | Mid May to late June | Rs. 3,599 |
| Langro | Mid to late May | Rs. 2,000 |
| Sohnaro | Early to mid June | Rs. 2,000 |
| Chaunsa | June to August | Ask us, not currently listed |
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Nothing is taken until we confirm a dispatch date with you. These are booking prices, not a live market quote.
Why a box costs what it costs
Mango pricing looks arbitrary from the outside. It is not, and the reasons are worth knowing before you compare two numbers on two websites.
Grade is most of it
"Export grade", "A grade" and "premium" are not standardised in any way you can rely on from a web page. On our orchard export grade means fruit that came through sorting with no bruise, no blemish, no sap burn, an even shape and a size inside the band for its pack. Everything that fails any of those goes to the domestic market instead.
That is not a judgement about taste. A mango with a mark on the skin tastes the same. It is a judgement about whether it will survive several more handling steps and still look sellable a long way away. The share of a crop that makes export grade varies year to year with the weather, which is why export pricing moves even when domestic pricing does not.
How many hands it has passed through
The usual route in Pakistan is that an orchard's crop is sold ahead of the season to a contractor, who takes on the harvest and the risk and sells it onward. By the time fruit reaches a shop it has often been consolidated from several orchards and passed through several margins.
A cheaper box is frequently a box that has been through more hands and started lower down the grade. Sometimes it is simply a good deal. The point is that price alone does not tell you which.
The season is short and the risk sits at the front
Almost all the income from an orchard arrives in a quarter of the year, and the February flowering largely decides the size of the crop five months ahead. A grower is committed to a year of costs before knowing what there will be to sell. A bad February is a bad year with no way to make it up, and that uncertainty is priced in.
Variety
Sindhri costs more than Langro or Sohnaro on our list because it is the larger, flagship fruit with the longest window and the most demand. That is a market fact rather than a quality ranking.
What we are not going to tell you
We are not going to publish a national average price for Pakistani mangoes. It would be a number we made up. Prices vary by city, by week, by grade and by where in the chain you are buying, and a figure on a web page in November tells you nothing useful about a market in June.
We are not going to quote you prices for varieties we do not grow. If you want Anwar Ratol or Dussehri, buy from somebody who grows them.
And we are not going to claim ours is the cheapest box available. It is not. What we can tell you is exactly which orchard it came from and who picked it, which is a different thing to compete on.
Questions we get asked
How much is a 5 KG box of Pakistani mangoes?
Ours are Rs. 3,599 for Sindhri and Rs. 2,000 for Langro or Sohnaro, direct from the orchard for the 2027 season. Market prices vary widely by variety, grade, city and week.
Why are some mango boxes so much cheaper?
Usually grade, or how many hands the fruit has passed through, or both. A lower-grade box is not worse to eat but it has more marks and less consistent sizing. Sometimes a cheap box is simply a good deal; price alone does not tell you which.
What does export grade actually mean?
On our orchard it means no bruise, no blemish, no sap burn, an even shape and a size inside the band for its pack. The term is not standardised across the trade, so ask any seller what they mean by it.
Do mango prices change during the season?
Yes. Early fruit and late fruit are scarcer than peak-season fruit, and the share of a crop making export grade varies with the weather, which moves export pricing independently of domestic pricing.
Is there a payment needed to join the 2027 list?
No. Nothing is taken until we confirm a dispatch date with you.
Do you sell wholesale or by the crate?
Yes, for trade buyers. Get in touch with the quantity and destination and we will tell you what we can commit to for the season.