secondary industry
noun[CorU]
PRODUCTION,ECONOMICSukusanindustrythatmanufacturesgoodsratherthanproducingrawmaterials, or theseindustriesconsideredas agroup
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Asecondaryindustrywas the raising of goats, which were able to stand neglect and a scanty food supply.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Moreover there is a growingsecondaryindustrydevoted to the creations of products and items for the avatars.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Large amounts of waste material was generated and this attracted asecondaryindustryof charcoal burning.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It had responsibility for ensuring that the generation of electricity kept pace with the evergrowing needs of mining, farming andsecondaryindustry.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The confectionery industry is one of the most important of the traditional sectors of thesecondaryindustry, because of the many local specialties.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It also hosts somesecondaryindustryin the form of fish processing and a growing tertiary service economy centred on tourism.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thesecondaryindustrysubsector employs 18,824 people principally in manufacturing and accounts for about 41% of the total employment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Boat building became an early localsecondaryindustryafter timber-getting, to meet the primary necessity of water transport.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Secondaryindustryincluding manufacturing, which had grown in the 20th century remains an important sector.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The kibbutz also retains some agriculture as asecondaryindustryas a source of income.
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