"primary sector" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: primary sectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} primary sector (plural primary sectors)
  1. (economics) The sector of the economy that principally produces raw materials for use by other sectors. Categories (topical): Economics Hyponyms: agriculture, mining Related terms: primary industry Coordinate_terms: secondary sector, tertiary sector Translations (Translations): 第一產業 /第一产业 (dì-yī chǎnyè) (Chinese Mandarin), primaire sector [masculine] (Dutch), alkutuotanto (Finnish), alkutuotantosektori (Finnish), πρωτογενής τομέας (protogenís toméas) [masculine] (Greek), 第一次産業 (daīchi-ji sangyō) (Japanese), primærnæring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), primærnæring [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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