The Somali oil industry has been disrupted due to the political unrest and the operating condition of the small refinery at Mogadishu has been severely affected. The country has a fledgling mining industry. Agriculture accounts for about two-thirds of GDP, and provides just about all the exports. The major cash crop for export has been bananas, grown along the Juba and Shibeli rivers. Northern Somalia is the world's largest source of incense and myrrh, which are forestry products.
Mining is limited to the commercial extraction of salt and gypsum.
Reserves of iron ore, uranium, beryl and columbite have been found but are not being exploited. The main industries include meat and fish processing, sugar refining, fruit and vegetable canning, textiles and leather goods. At the moment, electricity generation is from thermal power stations, for which oil has to be imported. Civil unrest has been the primary obstacle to economic policymaking and development. Economic management is further undermined by the country's reliance on agriculture, which is inherently vulnerable to climactic conditions and to fluctuations in international commodity prices.