Documentation Other Documentation Marking of Goods and Packages Communications and Infrastructure Location and Size Mozambique is bordered by Tanzania in the north, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe on the west, South Africa and Swaziland on the south and southwest. Other centres include Quelimane, Tete and Inhambane. Main Economic Activities Agriculture - is the mainstay of the economy and liberalisation has taken place in the area of crop marketing. Major crops include citrus, tea, sugar cane, rice, ground nuts, tobacco, cotton, sisal, copra, cashew nuts, oil seeds, cassava, coconuts, maize, wood, meat, poultry, vegetables, sorghum, tomatoes, beans and corn. Industry - state privatisation programmes involving state manufacturing companies is lend impetus to economic reforms.
Industrial activity concentrates on textiles, and beverage and food processing.
Mozal, the aluminium smelting plant, has begun producing aluminium for export. Mozal encompasses a joint venture between UK's Billiton , Japan's Mitsubishi and SA's Industrial Development Corporation . There is small scale production of consumer goods such as soap, cigarettes, batteries, salt, shoes and matches, and heavy industry which includes cement, paper, fertiliser, tyres, graphical art, lubricating oil, truck and bicycle assembly, chemicals, paint, petroleum products, glass, asbestos and tobacco. Fishing and forestry are assuming increasing importance and are receiving sizeable financial input from foreign investors for development. Diamond, oil and gas exploration is set to expand Mozambique's mining scope.