Agriculture comprises nearly 85 percent of the land and its major crops are rice, bananas, coconuts, livestock, fowl birds and other products.
Exports hinge on four fundamental activities: tourism, international banking services, foreign trade and industry.
Imports amount to $239.4 million in all and are mostly based on all kinds of fuels and industrial goods.
La economía de Suriname está basada en la producción de aluminio que representa aproximadamente el 15% del PIB y dos tercios de las exportaciones totales y del petróleo. Igualmente, el país dispone de importantes reservas mineras de oro y bauxita
In Surinam, there are some 2,320 kilometers of paved roads and over 87 kilometers of railroads, the country's number-one means of transportation. there are more that 1,500 kilometers of watercourses suitable for navigation and a grand total of 46 airports scattered all across the country.
It joined Caricom on July 4, 1995. It’s also a full member of ACS and OAS since 1977. Other memberships are ACP, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS (associated), ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO.
