The major industry in the 19th Century was tobacco processing.

Food processing and tobacco processing are also important.

Important industries of the time included warehousing, tobacco processing, iron production, clockmaking, and boat building.

After several years' development, the zone has formed its pillar industries, which include tobacco processing, machinery manufacturing, electronic information, and biotechnology.

Some industries, such as match manufacturing, tobacco processing, and glassmaking, had already been established before the war.

But there are some traditional industries: chemicals, machine tools, tobacco processing.

The main cash crop is tobacco, and tobacco processing is an important industry.

It is often associated with the harvest season in the fall and completion of tobacco processing.

These now exist alongside the city's older industries of the docks, grain milling, and tobacco processing.

At the beginning of the 20th Century a small industrial base (tobacco processing, distilleries) developed in the valley.