manufacturing industry
noun [C or U]Definition
› PRODUCTION an industry that produces goods rather than services, or these industries considered as a group: Paper is the fourth most energy-intensive manufacturing industry. Manufacturing industry added 1,300 jobs in the region.
(Definition of manufacturing industry noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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