Concept information
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Definition
- An industry is a group of establishments engaged in the same or similar kinds of economic activities. Industries produce commodities that are sold with the expectation of recovering the total cost of production. A single industry can produce many different commodities.
Narrower concepts
- agriculture and cattle industry
- agroindustry
- building industry
- building materials industry
- ceramics industry
- chemical industry
- clothing industry
- communications industry
- electrical industry
- electrotechnical industry
- energy industry
- environmental industry
- extractive industry
- fishing industry
- food industry
- forest industry
- furniture industry
- gas company
- glass industry
- information technology industry
- leather industry
- manufacturing activity
- mechanical industry
- metallurgical industry
- metal products industry
- mineral industry
- packing industry
- paper industry
- petroleum industry
- printing work
- reclamation industry
- refrigeration industry
- rubber processing industry
- synthetic fibres industry
- synthetic materials industry
- textile industry
- timber industry
- vacuum industry
- vehicle manufacturing industry
- waste processing industry
- waste removal industry
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