The economy of the state of Rondônia has, as main activities, agriculture, livestock, food industry and vegetal and mineral extraction. In 2016, the state's GDP reached R$39.451 billion. Its export basket is mainly composed of frozen beef (43.43%), soy (32.77%), raw tin (7.08%), sawn wood (2.36%) and edible giblets (2.02%). Beginning in the 1970s, the state attracted farmers from the south-central part of the country, stimulated by the federal government's colonization projects and the availability of cheap and fertile land for
illegal logging. The development of agricultural activities has transformed the area into one of the main agricultural frontiers in the country and one of the most prosperous and productive regions in northern Brazil. The state stands out in the production of
coffee (largest producer in the North and 5th largest in Brazil),
cocoa (2nd largest producer in the North and 3rd largest in Brazil),
beans (2nd largest producer in the North),
maize (2nd largest producer in the North region),
soybean (3rd largest producer in the North region),
rice (3rd largest producer in the North region) and
cassava (4th largest producer in the North region). Despite the large volume of production and the small territory by the region's standards (7 times smaller than Amazonas and 6 times smaller than Pará), Rondônia still has more than 60% of its territory fully preserved. In
coffee production, Rondônia was, in 2019, the 5th largest producer in the country, being the 2nd largest producer of
Coffea canephora, getting a total of 2.3 million bags of 60 kg of coffee (near 138 thousand tons) this year. In
soy, in the 2019 Brazilian harvest, Rondônia harvested 1.2 million tons, 3rd in the North Region. In 2019, the state produced 805 thousand tons of
maize, second largest production in the northern region, losing only to Tocantins. In
cassava production, Brazil produced a total of 17.6 million tons in 2018. Rondônia was the 11th largest producer in the country, with 583 thousand tons. In 2018, Rondônia produced 124 thousand tons of
rice. In the production of
cocoa, Pará has been competing with
Bahia for the leadership of Brazilian production. In 2019, Pará harvested 135 thousand tons of cocoa, and Bahians harvested 130 thousand tons. Rondônia is the 3rd largest cocoa producer in the country, with 18 thousand tons harvested in 2017. In 2017, the state had a
cattle herd of 14,098,031 head of cattle (73,37% for beef and the rest for dairy), second largest herd in the North, second only to Pará, being the 6th largest in the country, 5th in meat exports and 8th in
milk production. The state's milk production in 2018 was around 800 million liters, the largest producer in the North. In 2017, Rondônia had 0.62% of the national mineral participation (8th place in the country). Rondônia had production of
tin (10,9 thousand tons at a value of R$333 million),
gold (1 ton at a value of R$125 million),
niobium (in the form of columbita-tantalita) (3.5 thousand tons at R$24 million), and
zinc in gross form (26 thousand tons at R$27 million) In addition, in gemstones, the state has some production of
garnet. In
industry, Rondônia had an industrial GDP of R$8.2 billion in 2017, equivalent to 0.7% of the national industry. It employs 49,944 workers in the industry. The main industrial sectors are: Industrial Services of Public Utility, such as Electricity and Water (54.4%), Construction (19.2%), Food (17.6%), Wood (1.8%) and Non-metallic minerals (1.2%). These 5 sectors concentrate 94.2% of the state's industry. ==Transport==