SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

Industry is the sector of

the economy concerned
with the production of
goods and services.

Industry has 4 sectors...

Primary

Tertiary

Secondary

Quaternary

Major businesses in this

sector include
agriculture, fishing,
forestry and all mining
and quarrying industries
The primary sector of
industry is also called
extraction. It generally
involves changing
natural resources into
primary products.
Most products from
this sector are
considered raw
materials for other
industries.

Primary industry is a larger sector in developing countries; for instance,

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animal husbandry is more common in Africa than in Japan.

The secondary sector (manufacturing)

produces finished, usable products. This
sector of industry generally takes the
output of the primary sector and
manufactures finished goods or where
they are suitable for use by other
businesses, for export, or sale to
domestic consumers.

* Aerospace manufacturing
* Automobile manufacturing
* Brewing industry
* Chemical industry
* Clothing industry
* Electronics
* Engineering
* Energy industries
* Metalworking
* Steel production
* Software engineering
* Telecommunications
Industry
* Tobacco industry

This sector is often divided into light industry and heavy industry.

The tertiary sector of industry is

also known as the service sector
or the service industry.
It involves 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.

News media
Leisure industry/hotels
Consulting
Healthcare/hospitals
Waste disposal
Estate agents
Business services
Restaurants
Local government services
Central government services
Education
Law and order

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
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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.
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The 4 Sectors of Industry are interrelated. An

individual industry will often use more than one
sector in order to produce products.

On the next slide we will see an example of

how the four sectors relate together in the
production of cotton clothes, part of the
fashion industry.

COTTON IN THE FASHION

INDUSTRY...

PRIMARY

Cotton is grown and

picked on a cotton
farm

COTTON IN THE FASHION

INDUSTRY...

PRIMARY

Cotton is grown and

picked on a cotton
farm

SECONDARY
Cotton is processed to
cloth, which is, in turn,
sewn in to clothing.
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COTTON IN THE FASHION

INDUSTRY...

PRIMARY

Cotton is grown and

picked on a cotton
farm

SECONDARY
Cotton is processed to
cloth, which is, in turn,
sewn in to clothing.

TERTIARY

Cotton clothes (eg

jeans, shirts etc) are
sold in high street
shops.
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COTTON IN THE FASHION

INDUSTRY...

PRIMARY

Cotton is grown and

picked on a cotton
farm

SECONDARY

TERTIARY

Cotton clothes (eg

Cotton is processed to
jeans, shirts etc) are
cloth, which is, in turn,
sold in high street
sewn in to clothing.
shops.
Research is carried out in to new ways of

QUATERNARY:

processing or growing cotton. e.g. organic cotton.

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Models and fashion shows:

tertiary.

The entire fashion industry involves a great

number of different products and services, all of
which can be classified according to industrial
sector...

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Leather manufacture in a
tannery: secondary

Models and fashion shows:

tertiary.

The entire fashion industry involves a great

number of different products and services, all of
which can be classified according to industrial
sector...

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Leather manufacture in a
tannery: secondary

Models and fashion shows:

tertiary.

A shoe factory in hanoi:

secondary

The entire fashion industry involves a great

number of different products and services, all of
which can be classified according to industrial
sector...

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Leather manufacture in a
tannery: secondary

A shoe factory in hanoi:

secondary

Models and fashion shows:

tertiary.

The entire fashion industry involves a great

number of different products and services, all of
which can be classified according to industrial
sector...
Sheep farming
and sheering
for wool
production:
primary

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Leather manufacture in a
tannery: secondary

A shoe factory in hanoi:

secondary

Models and fashion shows:

tertiary.

The entire fashion industry involves a great

number of different products and services, all of
which can be classified according to industrial
sector...
Sheep farming
and sheering
for wool
production:
primary
Cosmetics research:
quaternary

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So which are these do you think?

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Diagrammatic
representations

Different ways!

What is happening in a country now?

One of the common ways to show this is
by a pie chart.
We only graph the primary, secondary and
tertiary sectors because quaternary are
insignificant in many countries.

Do you see any

patterns?

Dont worry if you dont we

will look at this again next
week in more detail

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Besides pie charts

Employment is

can
demonstrated
on triangular
graphs
Primary: E is
between 50% &
60%. What?
Secondary: C is
between 20% &
30%. What?
Tertiary: D is
between 30% &
40%. What?

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Besides pie charts

X
15% primary
60% secondary
So what %
tertiary?
Hint: adds to
100%

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Besides pie charts

G
?% primary
?% secondary
And ? %
tertiary

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Besides pie charts

B
5% primary
?% secondary?
And ? %
tertiary

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Besides pie charts

C?
? % primary
? % secondary
? % tertiary?
E?
? % primary
? % secondary
? % tertiary?

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