 The government is trying to modernize the sugar and textile industries, which in the past were overly dependent on trade preferences, while promoting diversification into such areas as information and communications technology, financial and business services, seafood processing and exports, and free trade zones.Agriculture and industry have become less important to the economy, and services, especially tourism, accounted for over 72 percent of GDP.The government still owns utilities and controls imports of rice, flour, petroleum products, and cement.