Agriculture: Products--sugar, rice, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Natural resources: Gold, bauxite, diamonds, timber, shrimp, fish.
Industry (2006): Types--mining and quarrying
(gold, bauxite, diamond, and stone), agriculture (sugar, rice,
livestock, fresh fruits and vegetables), forestry, fisheries,
manufacturing (beverage, foodstuff processing, apparel, footwear
assembly, pharmaceuticals), construction and engineering, services
(distribution, financial, transport and communication).
Merchandize trade (2006): Exports--$601 million: gold, sugar,
bauxite, fish and shrimp, rice, timber, diamonds.
Major markets--U.S. (27%), U.K., CARICOM countries, Canada.
Imports--$885 million. Major suppliers--U.S. (40%), U.K.,
Venezuela, CARICOM, Canada, Asia (China and Japan).
