secondary industry

noun [C or U] PRODUCTION, ECONOMICS

Definition

› an industry that manufactures goods rather than producing raw materials, or these industries considered as a group → Compare primary industry, tertiary industry

(Definition of secondary industry noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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