Though Rio is best known as a city of leisure and entertainment, it is also a major economic zone.

Rio is an important manufacturing and service center. The city contributes about one-tenth of the country's manufactures in the form of such goods as processed food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, metal products, ships, textiles, clothing, and furniture. The service sector dominates the economy, however, and includes banking and other financial functions.

Rio's main business interests include the following:

· Petroleum

· Oil distribution

· Mining

· Iron and Steel Metallurgy

· Telecommunications

· Tobacco

· Electricity

· Food and Beverages

· Computer goods