Also called consumer goods industry, provides finished products for direct consumption by the population.
Characteristics
- It transforms goods for direct consumption by transforming products of basic industries or agriculture / fishing…
- Food, textile, automobile (cars and car parts) , light chemical products (cosmetic, plastic..) are examples of this.
- The food industry is the most important of these. The freezing or tinning of transformed agricultural products has become highly developed, bringing with it changes in eating habits.
- Electronic industries are mobile phones, computers, calculators, stereos and televisions
- Usually located near large cities and transport links.
- Needs fewer raw materials and energy resources than heavy and capital goods industry.
- They also tend to be less polluting.