Agriculture is the main occupation County agricultural area is Delta Irrawaddy river clean up the river Dawei - Myeik planting rice, jute, sugarcane and tropical plant more of the Shan adjacent river vegetation numerous mining upper central region with oil. petroleum Northeastern rock miner of zinc and southeast. Tin mining town in southern Myeik with diamonds and jade lots of Forestry has made teak forests of the north. Export sales and downstream along the Irrawaddy River to Yangon.