The
territory vénézuélien contains fabulous
natural richnesses of which a great part remains still unexploited
. Oil generates approximately 8% of the gross national product
(GNP), one estimates that it has approximately 6% of the known
reserves of planet.
The iron ore, whose exploitation is controlled, as well as
oil, by a company of state, represents the second greater
richness natural of the country.
Guyana Vénézuélienne hides important
gold bauxite deposits and diamonds. Among the other mineral
richnesses that the country has let us mention coal, zinc,
manganese and the money.
L ' agriculture
is for a long time regarded as one of the weak links of the
economy of Venezuela. The state tried to support productions
considered to be "strategic" as the cane with sugar,
cotton and rice.
The small family farms, that one finds in the mountainous
areas, provide especially coffee and cocoa for export, and
of but and beans for local consumption.
Lastly,
the immense plane extents of Llanos are used as places of
pasture with the bovines, the horses and the pigs.
The industrial
base of Venezuela very solid, is compared with that of the
other countries of South America, refineries, industries petrochemical,
steel-works, works aluminium smelting. It is thought that
the industry of aluminium should know a strong expansion in
the years to come.
