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Economic

activities
Elementary, secondary and tertiary
industries.

The economic activities are defined as any


process in which we get the products, goods
and services that meet our needs.
This activities are separated in three industries,
which then we will define:

Elementary industries
Its dedicated to the extraction of
natural resources used for consuming
or marketing.

The principal activities of this sector are:


Agriculture
Livestock
Wood production
Forestry
Hunting
Commercial fishing
Mining

Secondary industries
These industries are dedicated to take
the prime matters of the elementary
sector and turn them into goods.

Some of this industries are:


Food
Textile
Metallurgical
Electronics
Petrochemistry
Pharmaceutical

Tertiary industries
These industries are in charge of the
distribution of goods produced in the
other two industries and of provide
various services.

Some activities of this industrie are:

Commerce
Comunication
Transport
Services (safety, health, etc.)
Tourism

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