Economic sectors
BUSINESS ENGLISH 1, 2009/10, PE6
Team: ELITE
Josip Kovačić, Katarina Kovačić, Ivona Kovačić,
Martina Kulušić, Maja Kontek, Iva Krasić
Primary sector
A nation’s economy can be divided into
various sectors to define the proportion of
the population engaged in the activity
sector
 Continuum of distance from the natural
environment
 Starts with the primary sector
 Extraction of raw materials from the earth
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The primary sector
includes:
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Agriculture
Mining
Forestry
Farming
Grazing
Hunting
Gathering
Fishing
Quarrying
11%
WOOD PROCESSING
AND WOOD PRODUCTS
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48% of Croatian territory is
covered by woods and forests
increased export of raw wood
and wood products
most important export
markets:
◦ Germany
◦ Italy
◦ France
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more than 58% of product
value is exported
Export and import of woods
FISHERY AND
FISH PROCESSING
More than 1000 years
of fishing tradition in
Croatia
 Traditional highquality products from
the Adriatic Sea
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Secondary sector
finsihed, useable
products:
manufacturing &
construction
 primary sector output
used to manufacture
finished goods
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Light industry:
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production of small
consumer goods
clothes, shoes, furniture,
etc.
less environmental impact
"manufacturing activity
that uses moderate
amounts of partially
processed materials to
produce items of relatively
high value per unit weight".
Heavy industry:
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production of products which
are either heavy in weight or
their production…
 …makes a larger
environmental impact
 …requires large buildings,
chemical plants, cranes,
budozers, etc.
33%
Secondary sector in Croatia
Manufacturing: 1/5 of GDP, 1/4 of work
force
 Construction: 5,7% of GDP
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Croatian secondary sector
6%
mining and extraction
50%
44%
manufacturing
electricity, gas and water
Shipbuilding industry
present on the
world market for
almost half a
century
 works almost
exclusively for
foreign shippers
 there are 7 big, 14
middle-sized and
352 small shipyards
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World Order Book (April 30, 2008)
COUNTRY
NUMBER of ships
1.
China
3.186
2.
Korea (South)
2.277
3.
Japan
1.411
4.
Turkey
265
5.
Vietnam
255
6.
Philippines
114
7.
Romania
77
8.
Taiwan
67
9.
Croatia
49
10.
Brazil
36
Tertiary sector
 The
tertiary sector of the
economy is the service
industry.
 This sector provides services
to the general population and
to businesses.
 Services- "intangible goods"
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most developed and developing
countries, a growing proportion of
workers are employed in the tertiary
sector.
Banking
insurance
transport and distribution
communications
advertising
retailing
social services
tourism
education
trade
Tertiary sector in Croatia
55%
 slow
growth in tertiary
sector(only 55%)-resulted by
the late privatisation and
underdevelopment
 Most important
services:international trade
and tourism
Growth of the tertiary sector
Tourism
notable source of income
 with over 10 million foreign tourists per
year
 many tourist destinations
 Croatia is ranked amongst the top 20
most popular tourist destinations in the
world
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