does the place trade in any particular goods?
Madagascar is the world's principal supplier of  vanilla, cloves and ylang-ylang
Madagascar
Madagascar is the world's principal supplier of vanilla, cloves and ylang-ylang. Madagascar supplies 80% of the world's natural vanilla. Other key agricultural resources include coffee, lychees and shrimp. Key mineral resources include various types of precious and semi-precious stones, and Madagascar currently provides half of the world's supply of sapphires, which were discovered near Ilakaka in the late 1990s.
what is ambondro mahabo? A mammal from the Middle Jurassic Isalo III Formation of Madagascar. who was the first to discover it? John Flynn what other animals belong to the particular middle-period mentioned above? Dinosaurs like cetiosaurs, brachiosaurs, megalosaurs and primitive ornithopods what about marine life found in that age? Ammonites, Bivalves, Plesiosaurs where is the above-mentioned place located? It is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa. was it colonized by any country? Yes, France what are some of the biggest cities in this island? UNANSWERABLE
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Madagascar [SEP] Natural resources and trade
Madagascar's natural resources include a variety of agricultural and mineral products. Agriculture (including the growing of raffia), mining, fishing and forestry are mainstays of the economy. In 2017 the top exports of Madagascar were vanilla (US$894M), nickel metal (US$414M), cloves (US$288M), knitted sweaters (US$184M) and cobalt (US$143M). Madagascar is the world's principal supplier of vanilla, cloves and ylang-ylang. Madagascar supplies 80% of the world's natural vanilla. Other key agricultural resources include coffee, lychees and shrimp. Key mineral resources include various types of precious and semi-precious stones, and Madagascar currently provides half of the world's supply of sapphires, which were discovered near Ilakaka in the late 1990s.