Primary and secondary industries

1. Primary and secondaryindustries By : Jawaher Abdulla Shaikhamohammed

3. Definition The primary sector of the economy involves changing natural resources into primary products.Most products from this sector are considered raw materials for other industries.

4. RAK Primary industries , such as fishing and agriculture, continue to play an important role in RAK’s economy. In 1955, the first agricultural research centre inthe UAE was established there, and since then, innovative methods of arid zone cultivation have made the emirate one of the leading agricultural producers in theUAE. Ras Al Khaimah is well known for its dairy and poultry products, eggs, fodder and animal meat. In addition to this, the fertile plains in the south-east producefruits and vegetables for the local UAE market .

5. Example Agriculture fishing mining

7. Definition The secondary sector of the economy includes those economic sectors that create a finished, usable product: production and construction . This was the primary economic sector in the United States from the 1820s-1940's.

8. RAK RAK Ceramics is perhaps the most prominent industrial player in the emirate, it is not the only manufacturing industry that has profited from the building boom of the last decade. Nearly all of RAK’s light industry – cement, glass production and ceramics – is tied up in some way with the construction sector. The slowdown that accompanied the financial crisis has, therefore, led to slower growth for many of RAK’s industrial companies.

9. Example Computer Manufacturer Chemical Plant.