Agriculture plays a large role in the development of Sri Lanka's economy. The dominant plantations include tea, rubber and coconut. Sri Lanka specializes in production of black tea leaves, and is the largest supplier in the world. Their annual sale of black tea leaves is about USD $621 million, and the main export countries are Russia, Middle East and United Kingdom. Rubber is the second largest commodity produced in Sri Lanka, and is grown in the ridges of valleys. They earn large profits by selling rubber to other countries, and China has always been demanding for this product, even until now. Livestock is small in Sri Lanka, and dairy farming is a small scale domestic activity. Annual milk production can only sustain a quarter of the country's needs.
Rubber Trees
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