the secondary sector

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primary sector | Business English

primary sector
noun[ S ]
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ECONOMICS, PRODUCTION
the part of a country's economy that produces energy or basic materials, such as coal, oil, metals, crops, etc.:
The primary sector accounted for 42% of GDP, with agriculture representing just over half of this share.
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