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Industry and Agriculture Did you know, that a little more than one quarter of Colombia's people make a living by farming. Most of the rest of Colombia's crops come from the fertile valleys and plateaus of the Andes. Industry provides about 26 percent of the nations GDP. The textile industry, developed in the early part of the 20th century, produces one of the nations leading manufactured goods. Mines produce fuels needed by an energy- hungry planet. Service workers are cashiers and stokers, bank tellers and managers, sales representatives and office clerks. Today Colombia supplies more than 90 % of the world's emeralds and is an important producer of platinum, gold, and silver.

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