In 2005 West Sumatera export transaction achieved USD 16,322,174.57 which consist some commodities i.e., rubber, coffee, cassiavera, fish, fruit, nutmeg, wood, cement, edible oil, meat, food, coal, baucsit, uncaria gambir and agro industrial products.
West Sumatera has a good agriculture potential, industrial, fishery and plantation. Competitive commodity from West Sumatera are corn, poultry industry, fish industry and cold storage, rubber, bull farm, palm plantation, chicken farm, sugar reed farm, kakao.
Some industries are concerned in edible oil, rubber, tourism industry, Palm Oil, furniture, batik, trading, snacks, fabric net, rubber exporter, gravier glass, dried kakao, cement, edible oil industry, RBD Olein Packaging, palm plantation agro industry, palm oil industry, cassava powder and television.
New bussiness opportunies trend is recipe and printing industry, palm plantation agro industry, in Sungai Pagu, Sangir and Sawah Lunto. Uncaria Gambir Plantation in Lima Puluh Kota and South Pesisir. Kakao plantation in Tanjung Mutiara, cassiaverra in Tanah Datar, rubber plantation in Sawah Lunto, Dhamasraya and South Solok.
