Madang is another region that has a reasonably well developed infrastructure. The main industry is timber, but there are also significant amounts of copra, cocoa, cardamom and chillies grown. In addition, plans are being made for two canning factories to service Philippine tuna boats, which have been fishing local waters since 1990. Most of PNG's timber products are in the form of crude logs, the rest is mainly woodchips. However, the Ministry of Forestry aims to encourage the export of processed timbers to add value, provide employment and increase the sustainability of PNG's forests.
Manufactured products are also likely to increase as new export markets for furniture expand.
Of the island provinces, East New Britain represents the major centre of commerce for the islands of PNG although the capital, Rabual, is still recovering from a major volcanic eruption in 1995 which destroyed much of the town. The major industries on the islands are forestry fishing, cocoa and coconut. In New Ireland, declining German colonial plantations have been turned into productive palm oil and copra plantations. These have their own mills, tanks and wharf where oil is shipped to Malaysia for manufacture of foodstuffs. The smallest and least visited of the island provinces, Manus is peopled with farmers and fishermen.