TRADE, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

Major products shipped out of the province are palay, rice, copra, muscovado sugar, legumes, fruits and vegetables, livestock, fish and fish preparations, and seaweeds. Manufacture items like native gifts, toys, and housewares are sold in major cities of the country and abroad. Principal mined products exported include coal, marble, silica, copper and gemstones.

The main goods entering the province are construction materials, dry goods, groceries, canned and bottled products, fertilizers and others.

The capital town of San Jose de Buenavista is the center of business in the area. Potential growth areas include the towns of Culasi, Pandan and Sibalom. Investment opportunities with good prospects in the province are:

• Sugar industry
• Seaweed processing
• Marble processing
• Gemstone and semi-precious stone processing
• Coco oil mill
• Livestock and poultry processing
• Food Processing
• Marine products processing
• Furniture, handicraft, metalcraft
• Fiber extraction/processing/weaving
• High value crop production
• Feed/Feed Milling