Other once-important industries such as sisal, whaling and sugar refining have all died out. Sisal had its heyday before the invention of nylon, making Hengchun a key supplier of the raw materials for ropes and fisherman's nets.
消失在歷史中的產業，則有瓊麻業、捕鯨、製糖等，其中瓊麻業在尼龍問世之前曾經飛黃騰達、顯赫一時，使恆春鎮成為當年繩索、漁網原料的主要供應地。