The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that first handlers and importers of mangos voted to continue the National Mango Board’s research and promotion program.
In the referendum held Oct. 22 through Nov. 12, 2025, 94.12% of mango first handlers and importers voted in favor of continuing the program. This meets the requirement that a majority vote in favor of the program for it to continue. First handlers and importers who handled or imported 500,000 or more pounds of fresh mangos during the representative period of Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024, were eligible to vote in the referendum.
The Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order, which established the National Mango Board program, requires USDA to conduct a continuance referendum every five years or at the request of 10% or more of all eligible mango first handlers and importers. More information about the program is on the AMS National Mango Board page and on the National Mango Board website.
The mango research and promotion program is authorized under the Commodity Promotion, Research and Information Act of 1996. The program was developed to strengthen the position of fresh mangos in the marketplace, maintain and expand markets for mangos, and to carry out programs, plans, and projects designed to provide maximum benefits to the mango industry within the United States.
Since 1966, Congress has authorized the development of industry-funded research and promotion boards to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool their resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets, and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight of 22 boards, paid for by industry assessments, which helps ensure fiscal accountability and program integrity.
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