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Sectors of
economy
1.Primary
2.Secondary
3.Tertiary
Stages of production
Primary Sector
This involves the extraction of raw
materials from the earth. It includes
such things as farming (agriculture),
mining (coal, metals, precious
stones), quarrying (extracting gravel,
stone, etc.), fishing and forestry.
In developed and developing countries, a
decreasing proportion of workers are
involved in the primary sector.
About 3% of the U.S. labor force is
engaged in primary sector activity today,
while more than two-thirds of the labor
force were primary sector workers in the
mid-nineteenth century.
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Secondary Sector
This involves turning raw materials into other products. For
example, fish might be sold whole after being skinned and
boned, it might be minced and made into fish fingers or
fish cakes, it might be used to make cat food, processed to
be put into tins and so on.
Made up of all those industries that involve refining,
construction and manufacturing of goods
Consumer goods e.g. washing machines, DVD players. As
the name implies, these are used by consumers
Industrial / capital goods e.g. plant and machinery,
complex information systems. Industrial and capital goods
are used by businesses themselves during the production
process.
Tertiary Sector
The tertiary (third) sector involves all the
services that are provided to businesses and
consumers.
The vast majority of people in the UK work in
service industries so they can be extremely
varied in nature.
A cleaner in an office block provides a
service. So does a taxi driver, a supermarket,
a mobile phone service provider, a lawyer,
bank and refuse collector.
In most developed and developing
countries, a growing proportion of
workers are devoted to the tertiary
sector. In the U.S., more than 80% of
the labor force are tertiary workers.

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