The U.S. first banned Indian mango imports in 1989 over pest concerns. It took almost 17 years for Indian mangos to enter America again. In 2006, Bush and then-India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed a nuclear pact that included concessions for Indian imports of American Harley-Davidson motorcycles in exchange for allowing American imports of Indian mangos — a sort of “mango nuclear deal.” Bush ate an Alphonso mango during his visit, calling it a “hell of a fruit.” The first Indian “mango nuclear deal” shipment to the U.S. arrived in April 2007 — the “most eagerly anticipated fruit delivery ever.”
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