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Sri Lanka INDUSTRY
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A rubber tapper's child
Courtesy Paige W. Thompson
Industry, including manufacturing, mining, energy,
transportation, and construction, accounted for around 38 percent
of GNP in 1986. The most important products included refined oil,
textiles, gems, and processed agricultural products. Construction
and tourism both grew rapidly in the late 1970s and early 1980s,
but contracted after the onset of ethnic violence in 1983.
State-owned corporations accounted for over 50 percent of total
industrial output. An investment promotion zone was established
in 1979 with the goal of attracting foreign capital; textile
factories accounted for a large proportion of investment there in
its early years. The island's electricity supply was mainly
fueled by hydropower
(see Sri Lanka - Energy
, this ch.).
Data as of October 1988
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