What does «actividad económica secundaria» mean in Spanish?
- These are those economic activities that are dedicated to industry, transforming the resources of the primary sector. Within this, light industries produce goods for immediate consumption such as food, shoes, bags, toys, while heavy industries produce machinery and other inputs for other sectors; manufacturing industries are responsible for the elaboration of more complex products through the transformation of raw materials. Examples of secondary economic activities are: construction, manufacturing, power generation, iron and steel, food production, pharmaceuticals, textile production, chemical and plastics production, automotive, arms production, etc.