 Less than 10% of the formal labor force and less than 7% of export revenue come from the agriculture sector.Manufacturing activity is modest, consisting mainly of a garment factory in Yap and production of buttons from trochus shells.The large inflow of official assistance to FSM allows it to run a substantial trade deficit and to have a much lighter tax burden than other states in the region (11% of GDP in FSM compared to 18–25% elsewhere).