Australia currently exports between 4000 and 5000 tonnes of mangoes annually worth about $20 million, and is aiming to lift that to between 8000 to 10,000 tonnes.

The plan will target affluent consumers in key markets such as China, Korea or the US, Australian Mango Industry Association CEO Robert Gray says.

"We're a producer of very high quality high-flavour mangoes, with relatively expensive production costs compared to Mexico or The Philippines," he said.

And the Kensington Pride and Bowen varieties produce a flavour not available anywhere else in the world.

The government is negotiating a deal with the US that will hopefully result in the first load of Australian mangoes heading there by February, which should initially make up about 10 per cent of exports.

Australia hasn't been able to export to the US before because of fruit fly, which it does not have, or to Japan, Korea or China.

"Developing protocols that those countries accept to treat the fruit prior to shipment so they don't have fruit flies on arrival has been the sticking point," Mr Gray said.

Exports currently make up only a tiny proportion of the Australian mango market, with 92 per cent of the fruit kept for domestic consumption.

But AMIA wants the export market to rival the domestic market in coming years.

"We certainly have the skills, land and water to do that; it's really about building the markets," he said.