Samoa produces some primary foods for export such as coconut products, root vegetables, coffee, cocoa, and fish.A small industrial sector designed to provide primary needs like coconut cream, oil, animal feed, soap, biscuits, cigarettes, and beer. They have a clothing trade coming soon. trade is important because technically that's how you live. If a country isn't importing everyday needs, you won't or can't thrive. This is important to culture because some of the things imported are used for their culture, for example, coconuts.