Prior to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake , the island 's populace was dependent on the outside world for many goods , including foodstuffs . Until the 1950s they exported whole coconuts and other forest products , but after the 1950s local production shifted toward exports of processed coconut , in the form of copra . Those products were traded for imports such as rice , sugar , and clothes , which were used to supplement the local subsistence economy based on hunting and gathering , fishing , pig and chicken rearing , and household gardens
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Trinket Island