Agricultural and Fish Production: January - June 2025
Highlights
1. Sugar cane
At the end of June 2025, some 284 hectares under sugar cane for crop 2025 were harvested, yielding 23,399 tonnes of sugar cane and 1,781 tonnes of sugar. The corresponding figures for the same period of 2024 were 392 hectares, 31,960 tonnes of sugar cane and 2,576 tonnes of sugar respectively. The average extraction rate as at end of June 2025 was 7.61%, lower than the 8.06% as at end of June 2024.
The latest estimate of Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture for the production of sugar for the 2025 crop is 220,000 tonnes, representing a decrease of 2.5%, compared to 225,547 tonnes for 2024.
2. Tea
At the end of June 2025, area under tea plantation was 623 hectares, same as the figure for the corresponding period of 2024. However, the production of green tea leaves went down by 8.6% from 3,315 tonnes in the first semester of 2024 to 3,030 tonnes in the first semester of 2025. The production of manufactured tea decreased by 14.1% from 617 tonnes to 530 tonnes.
3. Food Crops
The area harvested under food crops for open fields increased by 12.9% from 3,728.2 hectares in the first semester of 2024 to 4,209.6 hectares in the same period of 2025. Production increased by 28.6% from 52,883.3 tonnes to 67,992.3 tonnes.
The area harvested under food crops for under covered cultures increased by 12.2% from 49.8 hectares in the first semester of 2024 to 55.9 hectares in the same period of 2025. Production increased by 33.6% from 4,602.5 tonnes to 6,148.7 tonnes.
The total area harvested under food crops increased by 12.9% from 3,778.0 hectares in the first semester of 2024 to 4,265.5 hectares in the same period of 2025. The total production went up by 29.0% from 57,485.8 tonnes to 74,141.0 tonnes.
4. Livestock
During the first six months of 2025, beef production from live cattle was 1,174 tonnes, 5.2% higher than the production of 1,116 tonnes in the same period of 2024. Production of beef from the slaughter of imported cattle increased by 8.3% and that of local beef went down from 38 tonnes to 7 tonnes.
Production of goat meat and mutton went up by 4.5% and that of pork increased by 7.9%.
5. Poultry
The production of poultry increased by 9.0% from 25,600 tonnes in the first semester of 2024 to 27,900 tonnes during the same period of 2025.
6. Fish
Fish production increased by 4.1% from 16,230 tonnes in the first six months of 2024 to 16,898 tonnes in the same period of 2025. Production of other catch (tuna, bank etc) rose by 3.1% and that of fresh coastal fish increased by 24.2%.
23 September 2025
