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Communications, and
Utilities Industry
The branch of manufacture and trade based on freight , transportation, communications, and
utilities.
Freight and transportation include railroads, trucking, and public transportation, including
transit systems, highways, roads, and bridges.
Communications include radio and television, but not newspapers and magazines .
Utilities include water, gas, electricity, sewage, and irrigation, including publically and privately
owned infrastructure such as dams, and wastewater treatment plants.
1.Air Transportation Industry: All establishments engaged in furnishing domestic and foreign
transportation by air and also those operating airports and flying fields and furnishing
terminal services. This does not include establishments that may incidentally use airplanes,
such as crop dusting and aerial photography.
3. Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Service Industry: All establishments engaged in the generation,
transmission and/or distribution of electricity or gas or steam. This also includes water and
irrigation systems, and sanitary systems engaged in the collection and disposal of garbage,
sewage, and other wastes by means of destroying or processing materials. This includes
publically and privately owned infrastructure such as dams and wastewater treatment plants.
4. Highway Transportation: All public highways, roads, and bridges. This includes such
related infrastructure as guardrails, streetlamps, rest stops, embankments, and sound barriers.
5. Local and Suburban Transit Industry: All establishments primarily engaged in furnishing
local and suburban passenger transportation by bus, rail, or subway, either separately or in
combination, and establishments engaged in furnishing highway passenger transportation and
passenger terminal and maintenance facilities.
10. United States Postal Service: All establishments of the United States Postal Service. This
does not include establishments transporting mail on a contract basis for the U.S. Postal Service
11. Water Transportation Industry: All establishments engaged in freight and passenger
transportation on the open seas or inland waters, and establishments furnishing such incidental
services as lighterage, towing, and canal operation. This also includes excursion boats,
sightseeing boats, and water taxis.
The role of transport and communication sectors to the economic development and discuss the
importance of transport and communication
2. Stable Prices :
The developed system of transport and communication helps in stabilizing prices of the
commodities through our the country.
6. Extension of Market :
If the means of transport and communication are cheap and fast then commodities can be easily
carried over to long distance and the size of the market will expand. Today domestic and
international market has been expanded due to the modern transport system.
7. Specialization :
If the transport and communication system is developed the different areas will adopt the process
of specialization. Due to specialization the cost of production reduces.
8. Stimulates Trade :
The cheap and quick means of transport simulates the trade inside and outside the country.
9. Agricultural Development :
Due to developed transport system fertilizer and seeds can be provided in time to the framers. It
will increase the production of agriculture sector.