In the manufacturing sector, there is an industrial zone sponsored by the municipality. There are industries that produce candy, fruit jams and jellies, and puff pastry made with brandy and spices that is considered to be the town specialty. There is also a special kind of clam called chipe. At one time there was a factory in the town known as The Puerto Rico Liquors Company, which manufactured rums such as Mahoma, Ron de Frutas, and San Rafael, and the anise liquors Conchita and Marie. The Arrillaga family had a pharmaceutical products plant, where rubbing alcohols such as Olga, Maravilloso Puerto Rico, and Santa Rosa, were manufactured, as well as perfumes and medicinal products such as “rownalina, Amargo de Agave, and Malarina.