Editing Economy of Jamaica (section)

==Secondary Industries==

===Manufacturing===
The manufacturing sector is an essential contributor to the Jamaican economy. Though manufacturing accounted for 13.9% of GDP in 1999. Jamaican companies contribute many manufactures such as [[food]] processing; [[oil refining]]; produced [[chemical]]s, construction materials, [[plastic]] goods, [[paint]]s, [[pharmaceutical]]s, [[carton]]s, [[leather]] goods and [[cigar]]s & assembled [[electronics]], [[textile]]s and [[apparel]]. The garment industry is a major job employer for thousands of hundreds of locals and they formed 12.9% of exports in 1999 earning US$159 million. Chemicals formed 3.3% of the exports in 1999 earning US$40 million.

A portion of the bauxite mined on the island is processed into alumina before export.

An oil refinery is located near Kingston converts crude petroleum obtained from [[Venezuela]] into [[gasoline]] and other products. These are mainly for local use. The [[construction]] industry is growing due to new hotels and attractions being built for tourism. [[Construction]] and installation formed 10.4% of the GDP in 1999.

Manufactured goods were imported and formed 30.3% of the imports and cost US$877 million in 1999.

Since the launch of the Jamaican Logistics Hub initiative,<ref name="reuters.com"/><ref name="jamaicalogisticshub.com">{{cite web|url=http://jamaicalogisticshub.com/about/|title=jamaicalogisticshub.com|website=jamaicalogisticshub.com|access-date=12 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420174947/http://jamaicalogisticshub.com/about/|archive-date=20 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> various economic zones have been proposed throughout the country to assemble goods from other parts of the world for distribution to the Americas.<ref name="jis.gov.jm"/>