Local industry rests on a cornerstone of freight and haulage, particularly from the Ok Tedi Mine and provisioning for the much larger town of Tabubil.

Natural rubber has been an emerging industry more recently, with a processing/manufacturing plant being built in town.

[4] Surrounding swamps and rainforest lowlands are of interest to birdwatchers, with a high chance of observing crowned pigeon, yellow-eyed starling, large fig parrot and flame bowerbird as well as a large variety of more common species.

There are flights to and from the capital, Port Moresby, by both Airlines PNG and Air Niugini.

Kiunga has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with very heavy rainfall year-round.