Economy of Suriname
Agriculture. In 2018, Suriname produced 273 thousand tons of rice, 125 thousand tons of sugar cane, in addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products, such as banana (48 thousand tons), orange (19 thousand tons) and coconut (14 thousand tons).. Bauxite. The backbone of Suriname's economy is the export of aluminium oxide (alumina) and small amounts of aluminium produced from ...