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Paraguay is a country in South America, it is completely landlocked although it is surrounded by some pretty big and powerfull rivers. Paraguay is bordered by Bolivia to the north, Argentina to the east and Brazil to the west and south. Paraguay is one of the poorer countries of South America and it still has a predominantly agricultural economy. Their main export are soya beans, they also export some electricity which is produced at the very impressive Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam that is shared with their neighbour Brazil.

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soy beans!!!
Mining, agriculture and manufacture:

Manufacture:

Manufacturing of steel, cement, plastic, and wood products has risen since the late 1970s due to construction projects .Fully manufactured exports account for only 5 percent of all exports, but semi-processed agricultural goods make up 72 percent of all exports.

Mining:

Paraguay also has a small, undeveloped mining industry, concentrated along the Paraguay River where most mineral deposits have been found. Gypsum, limestone, and clays are the most heavily used minerals and are exported mostly to the building trade. Other major minerals near the river include peat, marble, salt, copper, bauxite, iron, and uranium. Other regions of the nation that have not been fully utilized show deposits of manganese, malachite, azurite, feldspar, mica, and talc.

Agriculture:

Agriculture provides 28 percent of Paraguay's GDP, but 45 percent of the population actually depends on agriculture and subsistence farming. Until 1970, the nation depended heavily on the production of meat, tobacco, and yerba maté (a tea). These highly-emphasized products have now been replaced by soybeans and cotton grown largely in the east. Paraguay's biggest exports include coffee, cotton, meat products, soy beans and oil seeds, tannin, timber, tobacco, vegetable oils and Paraguay's biggest imports include chemicals, fuels, lubricants, iron, steel, machinery and transportation equipment.

Other important agricultural goods include coffee, corn, rice, wheat, citrus fruits, sugarcane, and peanuts. Paraguay produces some marijuana as well. Paraguay's productive agricultural sector makes the nation practically self-sufficient in food products.

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