Editing Baie-Mahault (section)

==Economy==
The town is surrounded by one major crop: sugarcane. A sugar factory is southwest of Baie-Mahault. Cane cutters cut cane and sometimes transport it by ox-cart. Southwards, are some banana and pineapple plantations. As the town sits on two bays, there is no surprise that there is a [[fishing]] port. Basse-Terre grows more crops than Grande-Terre, but has fewer people and most of them are in the [[primary sector]].

The {{convert|300|ha|acre}} artisanal, commercial, and industrial park of Jarry, with more than 3,500 companies is among the very largest industrial parks of France. It accommodates the Port authority of Guadeloupe, the Complex World Trade Center (logistical center of the CCI of Pointe-à-Pitre), the oil terminals of the SARA (Société Anonyme de la Raffinerie des Antilles), and two power plants.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.baie-mahault.net/ville-baie-mahault/la_zone_de_jarry/la_zone_de_jarry.asp| title= Z.A.C. de Jarry| language= fr| access-date= February 19, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100318020232/http://www.baie-mahault.net/ville-baie-mahault/la_zone_de_jarry/la_zone_de_jarry.asp| archive-date= 2010-03-18|url-status = dead}}</ref> The industrial and commercial park of Jarry-Moudong is regarded as the economic lung of the Guadeloupe with employment of more than 10,000. Jarry is ideally located between [[Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport]] and the port, and also accommodates a free zone the EEC intended for the operations of international trade for its warehouses.