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AGRICULTURAL AND FISH PRODUCTION (January - June 2006) 1.

Introduction This issue of Economic and Social Indicators presents data on agricultural and fish production for the Island of Mauritius for the first six months of 2006, as well as revised figures for year 2005.

Table 1 shows area harvested and production in respect of the main agricultural crops while Table 2 shows production of the main agro-industrial products.

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Sugar cane At the end of June 2006, around 2,800 hectares under sugar cane were harvested, yielding 218,210 tonnes of sugar cane and 19,246 tonnes of sugar.

The corresponding figures for the same period in the preceding year were 3,800 hectares, 307,346 tonnes of sugar cane and 27,670 tonnes of sugar respectively.

The average extraction rate as at June 2006 was 8.82% compared to 9.00% a year ago.

More details relative to sugar are given in Table 3.
According to the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture, production of sugar for the crop year 2006 will be around 500,000 tonnes.

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Tea At the end of June 2006, area under tea plantation stood at 670 hectares, the same level as at June 2005.

Production of green tea leaves during the first semester of 2006 increased by 2.9%: 4,426 tonnes as compared to 4,302 tonnes for the same period of 2005.

A breakdown of production by type of producer is given in Table 4.
Production of black tea went up by 5.3%, from 847 tonnes in the first semester of 2005 to 892 tonnes in the corresponding period of 2006 (Table 2).

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Tobacco An area of 95 hectares under tobacco cultivation was harvested during the first semester of 2006, against to 98 hectares for the corresponding period of 2005.

The production of tobacco leaves increased by 11.3% from 97 tonnes to 108 tonnes.

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Foodcrops Data on food crops production are supplied by the Agricultural Research and Extension Unit (AREU).

These figures are thereafter adjusted to take into account backyard production of banana, eddoes, manioc and sweet potato.

Area harvested registered an increase of 15.9% from 2,727 hectares in January-June 2005 to 3,161 hectares in the corresponding period of 2006, while production increased by 29.5% from 30,934 tonnes to 40,051 tonnes.

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Livestock 2 During the first six months of 2006, the production of beef from live cattle was 935 tonnes, which is 16.9% higher than the figure of 800 tonnes registered in the corresponding period of 2005.

Beef production from the slaughter of imported cattle, accounting for 95.9% of the total production, increased by 17.6%, from 763 tonnes to 897 tonnes.

Local production which accounts for only 4.1% of total beef production rose by 2.7% from 38 tonnes to 37 tonnes.
The production of goat meat and mutton witnessed a decrease of 14.1%: 55 tonnes in the first semester of 2006 against 64 tonnes in January-June 2005.

The share of local production, inclusive of imports from Rodrigues, stood at 25.2%.

The production of pork decreased by 3.0%, from 328 tonnes in the first semester of 2005 to 318 tonnes in the corresponding period of 2006.

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Poultry The production of poultry increased by 11.8%, from 17,000 tonnes in the first semester 2005 to 19,000 tonnes in the corresponding period of 2006.

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Fish Total fish production increased by 23.7%, from 4,550 tonnes in first semester of 2005 to 5,628 tonnes in the corresponding period of 2006.

Fresh coastal fish catch increased by 9.2%, while other catch (tuna, bank etc) rose by 27.6%.
Central Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Port Louis September 2006 CONTACT PERSON : Mr. S. Haulcooree Ag.

Statistician (Agriculture Unit) Central Statistics Office 5th Floor, LIC Building Port Louis Tel.
213-3073 Fax 213-6535 / 211-4150 Email: cso_agriculture@mail.gov.mu Table 1 - Agricultural crops: Area harvested and production, 2005 - 2006 2005 2006 1 Crops Calendar year January-June July-December January-June Area harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) Area harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) Area harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) Area harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) Sugar cane 68,351 4,984,058 3,800 307,346 64,551 4,676,712 2,800 218,210 Tea (green leaves) 670 6,798 670 4,302 670 2,496 670 4,426 3 Tobacco 3 348 357 98 97 250 260 95 108 Foodcrops 6,901 96,782 2,727 30,934 4,174 65,848 3,161 40,051 1 Provisional 2 Area under cultivation 3 Crop year (April-March) Table 2 - Production of agro-industrial products, 2005 - 2006 Agro-industrial products Unit 2005 2006 1 Calendar year January-June July-December January-June tonnes 519,816 27,670 492,146 19,246 " " " " " " " 1,387 2,397 (73) 847 800 (37) 540 1,597 (36) (2,324) (763) (1,561) 892 935 (38) (897) 111 709 64 328 47 381 55 4 318 33,000 17,000 16,000 19,000 '000 litres tonnes " " 4,000 8,982 (1,897) 2,000 4,550 (972) 2,000 4,432 (925) 2,000 5,628 (1,061) (7,085) (3,578) (3,507) (4,567) Sugar Tea (manufactured) Beef 2 Local (including Rodrigues) Imported Goat meat and mutton 2 Pork 2 Poultry meat Milk Fish 4 Coastal Other 1 Provisional 2 Abattoir slaughter only 3 Revised 4 Fresh weight equivalent Table 3 - Sugar Industry : Factory statistics, 2005 - 2006 Factory statistics Unit 2005 2006 1 Calendar year January-June July-December January-June Cane crushed tonnes 4,984,058 307,346 4,676,712 218,210 Extraction rate (commercial sugar recovered % cane) % 10.44 9.00 10.44 8.82 Average polarisation degrees 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 Average yield of sugar tonnes/hectare 7.61 7.28 7.62 6.87 Average tonnes of cane for one tonne of sugar tonnes 9.59 11.11 9.50 11.34 5 Production of sugar (White) (Raw) (Special) Molasses 1 Provisional N.A: not available " " " " " 519,816 27,670 492,146 19,246 (1,537) - (1,537) - (518,279) (27,670) (490,609) (19,246) - -
 - - 145,425 N.A 145,425 N.A Table 4 - Tea : Production of green leaves by type of producer, 2005 - 2006 Type of producer Calendar year January-June July-December January-June 2005 (Tonnes) 2006 1 Estates Metayers 1,393 877 516 753 2,061 1,311 750 1,294 6 Free planters 2,145 1,350 795 1,587 Planters in cooperative societies 1,199 764 435 792 TOTAL 6,798 4,302 2,496 4,426 1 Provisional Table 5 - Foodcrops : Area harvested and production, 2005 - 2006 Foodcrops Calendar year Area 2005 January - June Area July - December Area 2006 1 January - June Area harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) Potato Maize Groundnut Onion of which hybrid Ginger Garlic Chillies Tomato of which hybrid Beans & peas Cabbage Cauliflower Brinjal Creepers 2 Mixed vegetables 3 Banana Pineapple Total foodcrops 599 63 137 253 (140) 54 12 223 918 (268) 375 224 82 174 2,198 934 521 134 6,901 1,011 31 16 85 12 12,777 475 231 5,637 470 130 138 146 (3,688) - - 324 22 93 - - 100 481 4,004 399 (964) (98) 154 616 1,394 91 178 8 77 804 9,339 982 4,332 415 5,800 260 2,778 75 30,934 2,727 1,161 12,840 (4,040) 1,608 4,766 1,901 2,074 24,203 11,540 11,580 4,885 96,782 568 47 52 241 (140) 32 12 123 519 (170) 221 133 74 97 1,216 519 261 59 4,174 12,307 345 93 5,491 (3,688) 687 93 680 8,836 (3,076) 992 3,372 1,723 1,270 14,864 7,208 5,780 2,107 65,848 17 23 129 10 (10) 11 1 127 458 (181) 145 124 14 90 1,179 497 250 86 3,161 266 149 271 122 (122) 164 2 546 6,360 (2,586) 543 2,109 257 1,110 14,083 5,705 5,600 2,764 40,051 7 Source: Agricultural and Research Extension Unit (AREU) and CSO estimates ¹ Provisional ² Includes Bittergourd, Calabash, Chouchou, Cucumber, Patole, Pipengaille, Pumpkin, Squash and Voehm ³ Includes Beet, Broccoli, Carrot, Echalotte, Eddoes, Ladies Finger, Leek, Lettuce, Manioc, Petsai, Sweet Pepper and Sweet Potato