Agriculture played a central role in South Asian economies for a long time. However, over the past years South Asia has been experiencing a massive growth of industry. There are rich deposits of iron ore, metals, diamonds, black coal or salt. In Bangladesh, the industrial production grows more than 6% a year. Textile and chemistry industry are the fastest growing sectors in Bangladesh, mainly thanks to its export-oriented economy. Close co-operation with the EU plays an important role here – the EU countries are the most significant business partners. Provision of new jobs for people of South Asia is also a form of co-operation. They are young and educated people (70 % of population are under the age of 30), keen to learn new things. They are hardworking and willing to travel for work. They speak English well and therefore have no trouble to integrate into a new team. Great Britain, Italy or France are good examples – in these countries, workers from South Asia became a vital part of many smaller and larger companies.