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During lunch one time at work, my Vietnamese friend took out a ripe mango from her bag and told me that it is a Manila mango. I looked at it and said, ” I don’t know Ha-Le but there has never been a Philippine mango ever around in the U. S. and this doesn’t look like a Philippine mango to me. ” She said it was Manila mango. I don’t know what Manila mango meant. Does it mean it came from the Philippines or it’s just a name like the manila paper? Since she said it came from County Square I decided to check it out and buy one box too. It was also sweet but a different kind of sweetness, it tasted a little , just a little bit like a ripe Indian mango.

When we got to County Square, there it was ” Manila Mango, 12.99 a box ” . I examined the box and it was not from the Philippines. It was a produce of Mexico. I wonder why they called it Manila mango then. Were they just using the Manila word to confuse people that it’s from the Philippines ? Anyway I Googled it and tumbled upon this Manila Mango article from ABS-CBN .

It’s just unfair that they are using our beloved Manila name. They should see how better and sweeter our Philippine mango is , especially the ones from Guimaras. My husband said just now that there already is super mango from the Philippines in L.A. I found out that this is the Super Mango that they know of and not the Super Mango ( carabao mango ) from the Philippines.

When is my beloved Philippine Mango finally coming in to America ? If it finally comes to Filipino stores all over states of America, I bet you, it would be mango mania for all of us Pinoy mango lovers. That would be absolutely heaven !!!

From the U. S. Embassy Website :

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U.S. Embassy Photo Release
April 10, 2007

More Philippine Mangoes Now Exportable to the United States;
President Arroyo and Ambassador Kenney Tour Mango Plant

(An excerpt)

In a March 28 ceremony at the Hi-Las mango processing and packing plant in Taguig City, U.S. Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney and Philippine Agricultural Secretary Arthur Yap presented President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with the signed Work Plan for the export of mangoes to the United States, another step forward in the expanding agricultural relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines

The Work Plan allows for increased export of Philippine mangoes, permitting mangoes from all provinces in the Philippines, except Palawan, to be exported to Hawaii and Guam.

The Philippines can also export mangoes from Guimaras Island to all parts of the United States, including the mainland, after vapor heat treatment and is also conducting research to establish protocols that will would qualify the Philippines to export more mangoes from all areas to the United States mainland.

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I beg to differ, I have not seen a single Philippine Mango sold here in Concord, California. I have been scouring the Filipino and Oriental stores here but no luck so why are they saying that more Philippine mangoes are to be exported here when there had never been any ???