Manufacturing in The Gambia is limited mainly to the processing of peanuts and other primary products and to the building of fishing boats.Other manufactures include beverages, clothing, footwear, and handicrafts.

The country’s unit of currency, adopted in 1971, is the dalasi (12.79 dalasi equal U.S. $1; 2000 average), consisting of 100 butut; it is issued by the Central Bank of The Gambia (1971).

Current exchange rates are  £1 : 38 GMD,  $1 : 26GMD,  E1 : 35GMD   (2008)

The cost of The Gambia’s yearly imports is usually much more than its export earnings; in 2000 imports totalled $210 million and exports were valued at $9 million.
 
The main trading partners for exports were Japan, Belgium and Luxembourg, Senegal, Guinea, France, and the United States; principal partners for imports were the China, Côte d’Ivoire, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Germany, Senegal, Thailand, and the United States.

Tourism is fast becoming a vital makeup of The Gambias' GDP

Agriculture & Fishing

Peanuts are grown primarily for export; the crop amounted to 126,000 metric tons in 2001.
The sale of peanuts and peanut products accounted for about three-quarters of total yearly domestic exports by value in the 1990s.

The government has introduced the raising of cotton, sisal, citrus fruits, and tobacco to diversify agricultural production. The coastal villages engage in fishing.

In 1997 the fish catch was 32,258 metric tons, mostly from marine waters.