Pharmaceutical, apparel, and electronics industries have been the most important, along with the manufacturing of machinery, chemicals, and plastics, and oil refining. Coffee, tobacco, and fruits and vegetables are other leading crops. Reforestation has been undertaken to restore tropical woods in the interior, where the Caribbean National Forest is set apart. The United States is by far Puerto Rico's chief trading partner.
Imports consist mainly of food products and consumer items.
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