Importance of rubber to Liberian economy

•    The company assists small scale rubber growers by supplying seeds and advice, and by buying their entire rubber production.
•    Foreign exchange got from the export of rubber.
•    Employment opportunities both skilled and unskilled are provided.
•    Led to agricultural diversification of the economy.
•    Research on tropical diseases is carried out .  The company spends about 2 million dollars per year an medical services and research.
•    Crop research on other cash crops like coffee, cocoa, oil palm and rice has been to improve on the quality and soil fertility.
•    Generation of government revenue through taxes imposed on plantation workers, rubber export duties.
•    Rubber growing has stimulated the development of industries.