Editing Economy of Somalia (section)

==Manufacturing==
[[Image:MogadishuCoke.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Coca-Cola]] bottling plant in [[Mogadishu]]]]
The modest [[Secondary sector of the economy|industrial sector]], based on the processing of agricultural products, accounts for 10% of Somalia's GDP.<ref name=2009factbook/>

Prior to the outbreak of the civil war in 1991, the roughly 53 state-owned small, medium and large manufacturing firms were foundering, with the ensuing conflict destroying many of the remaining industries. However, primarily as a result of substantial local investment by the [[Somali diaspora]], many of these small-scale plants have re-opened and newer ones have been created. The latter include fish-canning and meat-processing plants in the north, as well as about 25 factories in the Mogadishu area, which manufacture [[pasta]], [[mineral water]], [[Confectionery|confections]], [[plastic bag]]s, [[Textile|fabric]], hides and skins, [[detergent]] and [[soap]], [[aluminum]], foam [[mattress]]es and [[pillow]]s, fishing [[boat]]s, carry out packaging, and [[Stonemasonry|stone processing]].<ref name="Somtroap">{{cite web|url=http://www.africanexecutive.com/modules/magazine/article_print.php?article=4693 |title=The African Executive - Somalia: The Resilience of a People |access-date=11 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112218/http://www.africanexecutive.com/modules/magazine/article_print.php?article=4693 |archive-date=26 June 2015 }}</ref>

In 2001, investments in light manufacturing have expanded in [[Bosaso]], [[Hargeisa]] and [[Mogadishu]], in particular, indicating growing business confidence in the economy.<ref name="LeesonSom"/> To this end, in 2004, an $8.3 million [[Coca-Cola]] bottling plant opened in Mogadishu, with investors hailing from various constituencies in Somalia.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/world/africa/10iht-journal.2166680.html Amid Somalia's troubles, Coca-Cola hangs on - Africa & Middle East] - ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''</ref> Various other sectors have also attracted [[Foreign direct investment|foreign investment]] from the likes of [[General Motors]] and [[Dole Food Company|Dole Fruit]].<ref name="His 40">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TYguY_l8TEC&q=dole |title=Somalia: Economy Without State |page=166|access-date=2015-06-27|isbn=978-0253216489 |last1=Little |first1=Peter D. |year=2003 |publisher=International African Institute }}</ref>