The main economic activities in Caruaru in industry (especially textiles), tourism, commerce, and handicrafts, and in the primary sector, especially the raising of goats, chickens, and cows, and the production of milk. Agricultural activity in the Caruaru area also includes beans, manioc and corn. Caruaru also hosts one of the biggest open traditional and handicrafts markets of Brazil, the Feira de Caruaru
