Owendo and Port Gentil are the main ports. Franceville is the centre of the mining industry. Other centres include Lambarene, Mouila, Tchibanga , Oyem, Masuku and Mouanda. About 1 per cent of total land area is under cultivation and agriculture is limited by the small size of the population. Principal cash crops are palm oil, coffee, cocoa and refined sugar.
Subsistence crops are cassava, maize and plantains.
Gabon has yet to achieve self-sufficiency in staple foods. Forest covers 75 per cent of the land area. The cultivation and processing of okoume timber comprises the main portion of forestry activities. Cattle and fishing is also important and rubber. Gabon is amongst the world's foremost exporters of manganese.