San José de Pare is
a purely agricultural town, its economy is based on the cultivation of sugar
cane for the production of panela ; has over ninety mills sugarcane distributed
in nine villages, the brown sugar is sold on Saturday in the town Santana
neighbor, a product that is then distributed throughout the national territory.To a lesser extent grown coffee , banana , cassava , maize
, beans , vegetables , fruit etc.., the livestock is also an important item.