Tourism is a key industry, an increasingly large number of cruise ships visit the islands. The traditional sugarcane crop is slowly being replaced by other crops, such as bananas (which now supply about 50% of export earnings), eggplant, and flowers. Other vegetables and root crops are cultivated for local consumption, although Guadeloupe is still dependent on imported food, mainly from France. Light industry features sugar and rum production. Most manufactured goods and fuel are imported. UnemploymentAn economic situation in which jobless people, often those w... is especially high among the young. Hurricanes periodically devastate the economyThe management of money, currency and trade of a nation. The....
