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Sector GDP Workforce Products/Industrial Sectors: Arable Farming

The document outlines the major sectors of an economy broken down by percentage of GDP and workforce. The primary sector includes arable farming of cereals, vegetables and fruit as well as livestock (pig and milk) and fishing (East Atlantic and aquaculture). The secondary sector focuses on metallurgy/machinery, food, chemicals/pharmaceuticals, and automotive. The tertiary sector consists of banking/insurance, transport, and tourism and makes up 63% of GDP and 70% of the workforce.

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Sector GDP Workforce Products/Industrial Sectors: Arable Farming

The document outlines the major sectors of an economy broken down by percentage of GDP and workforce. The primary sector includes arable farming of cereals, vegetables and fruit as well as livestock (pig and milk) and fishing (East Atlantic and aquaculture). The secondary sector focuses on metallurgy/machinery, food, chemicals/pharmaceuticals, and automotive. The tertiary sector consists of banking/insurance, transport, and tourism and makes up 63% of GDP and 70% of the workforce.

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SECTOR GDP WORKFORCE PRODUCTS/INDUSTRIAL SECTORS

CEREALS wheat, barley and maize

VEGETABLES Potatoes, sugar beet, tomatoes, carrots


ARABLE FARMING
and onions.

FRUIT apples, oranges and peaches

PIG FARMING Provides more meat and employs more


LIVESTOCK FARMING people than the other branches.
PRIMARY 2% Less than 5%
MILK Milk and dairy production are strong.

FISHING EAST ATLANTIC Represents 80% of total EU fish production.


It consists mainly of herring, sprat and
FISHING mackerel.

AQUACULTURE Represents the 20% of total EU fish production. It focuses on


shellfish, trout and salmon.

METALLURGY AND MACHINE Also known as heavy machinery.


MANUFACTURING

FOOD Nstle, Anheuser-Bush (cervesa)


SECONDARY 35% 25%
CHEMICAL/FARMACEUTICAL Novartis, Roche, Bayer, Unilever, Loreal

AUTOMOTIVE Volkswagen, Opel, Peugeot, Renault, Fiat, Volvo

Also known as light machinery.

BANKING AND INSURANCE AXA, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse

TERTIARY 63% 70% TRANSPORT Airbus Group

TOURISM

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