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The economy is dominated by tourism and agriculture. Industry includes sugar making, wine making, oil refining, cement, wood and food processing. Planting sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, coffee, cocoa, etc. Two-thirds of the economically independent population are industrial and agricultural workers, and a few are engaged in fishing. Roads are relatively developed, and there are no railways. France is an important trade partner, and its economic assistance mainly comes from the European Union. Martinique people developed animal husbandry, raising cattle, sheep and pigs. In the famous Clemens plantation in Martinique, people are still using the traditional method of brewing rum with sugarcane juice more than a century ago. The plantation retains the architectural style of19th century and the machinery and equipment at that time. The first coffee tree in the western hemisphere was brought from France by Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu in the early 1920s (18). Decker was a naval officer in Martinique in his early years. He brought back a coffee tree and planted it in Pritzsch. The first harvest was in 1726. Subsequently, coffee spread from Martinique to Haiti, Dominica and Guadeloupe. According to records, 1777, there were 1879 1680 coffee trees in Martinique.