lunes, 1 de febrero de 2016

Sectors of industry

Industry is the sector of the economy concerned with the production of goods and services.

1. Primary: Also called extraction. It generally involves changing natural resources into primary products. Major businesses in this sector include agriculture, fishing, forestry and all mining and quarrying industries. Is a larger sector in developing countries, for instance, animal  husbandry is more common in Africa than in Japan.

Resultado de imagen para primary sectorResultado de imagen para primary sector

2.Secondary (Manufacturing) produces finished, usable products. Is often divided into light industry and heavy industry. Some products are:

-Aerospace manufacturing.
-Automobiles manufacturing.
-Brewing industry.
-Chemical industry.
-Clothing industry.
-Electronics.
-Engineering.
-Energy industries.
-Metal working.
-Steel production.
-Software engineering.
-Telecommunications industry.
-Tabacco industry.



3. The tertiary (also known as the service sector or the service industry): It inolves the provision of services to businesses as well as final consumers. Services may involve the transport, distribution and sale of goods from producer to a consumer, or may involve the provision of a service, such as in pest control or entertainment. Goods may be transformed in the process of providing a service, as happens in the restaurant industry or in equipment repair. However, the focus is on people interacting with people and serving the customer rather than transforming physical goods. Some services are:

-News media.
-Hotels.
-Consulting.
-Healthcare / hospitals.
-Waste Disposal.
-Estate agents.
-Business services.
-Restaurants.
-Local government services.
-Central government services.
-Education.

-Law and order

4. The quaternary sector is the research industry: Industrial research looks for new ways to cut costs, find new markets, produce new ideas, new production methods and methods of manufacture.

The 4 sectors of Industry are interrelated. An individual industry will often use more than one sector in order to produce products.


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