Despite being the largest producer of it, India consumes most of its own mango supplies instead of trading it.

    by No-Brush1587

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    1. Desperate-Hour-4909 on

      I mean, it’s theirs. I don’t see why they shouldn’t keep it if they want to

    2. moriarty_loser on

      We love mangoes. One of my uncles have a mango farm, when it’s harvest season he makes sure that we all (a big family tree there) get enough mangoes first and after that they are sold.

    3. There’s no point India exporting mangoes when all they will be left with is money and a lack of delicious mangoes to buy

    4. “Good! We don’t want their mangoes!”

      “We don’t need their mangoes!”

      “Partners should share mangoes!”

      “We should just focus on our own, more beautiful mangoes!”

      “Please give us mangoes!”

      “We have won the mango war.”

      “Dire consequences if no mangoes are made available, soon!”

      “We have entered into talks to negotiate for mangoes.”

      “We are now at war. We *will* have the mangoes. The people demand it!”

      “We have reached a settlement with our good friends over increasing the availability of mangoes.”

      “Give us mangoes, you crazy….!”

      “I have brokered the best ever deal on mangoes. 3 times the price, half the availability. I am the bestest.”

    5. Appropriate-Cup-7225 on

      Having good langda mangoes is like having an orgasm. So good 😋😋😋

    6. like_a_pharaoh on

      Eat an indian mango sometime, and you’ll understand why they don’t want to share.

    7. humanfromporlock on

      *Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.*

    8. Can confirm. Had a friend who said they’d get sugar high from eating 25 mangoes one day

    9. Justascouser1 on

      But we do export the highest-grade quality of mangoes, so you guys are better for it anyway, to our own detriment :/

    10. I always quote this as an example of ingenuity of humans in general (and Indians in particular):

      Where I grew up, there grows a mango that is so full of fiber that if you bite into it, you’re likely to lose a teeth or two to it! And on top of it, this mango is extremely sour.

      So, did our people abandon it? No. They boil it in water until the sourness leeches out into the liquid. Add salt and green pepper and voila….you have a really tasty curry you can eat with rice or a drink as addictive as any alcohol (minus the side effects).

    11. Acceptable_Aspect_42 on

      “These is our mangoes! You’re not gettin any!!” -Indians(probably)

    12. Minute_Pineapple5829 on

      My family is the sole reason why we don’t have any left for exporting……absolute mango Piranhas

    13. Dry_Quiet_3541 on

      Same thing true with Indian bananas. They produce the most but also consume almost all of them.

    14. IndianOtaku25 on

      Because they taste heavenly. We call it the “king of fruits” (at least in Hindi).

    15. Money can be earned all round the year but mangoes are for 45 days a year only.

      PS- my mum’s family owns mango orchards we do sell those but we have an abundance of stock at our place.

    16. I don’t blame them.

      If I had mangoes, I wouldn’t share them either… even at a profit.

    17. ConfusedFanGirl0502 on

      We love our mangoes. All it’s varieties and in all forms. We make juices, pickles, sauces, having both ripe and unripe ones raw. We love it. We have arguments on which variety is better. There are no loosers in that argument. We eat mangoes to judge. Makes us all winners.

    18. Makes me wonder what other fruits and food are out there that are so amazing (or fragile), they don’t get exported.

    19. Infinite-Condition41 on

      What the fuck are they for then if you’re not gonna eat them?

      That’s how commodities work. They go where they’re wanted. 

    20. Putrid-South-7316 on

      Mangoes are frequently the victim of trade weaponisation. So many of our mangoes have been dumped in the Atlantic by the US just to prove a point. It’s just painful to see atp.

      You guys deserve artificial flavouring substances, we’ll keep our mangoes until you learn to respect them.

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