Major Industries in the World
Major Industries | Countries |
Basic Industries | USA, Japan, and China |
Consumer Goods Industries | Most parts of the world |
Metallic Industries | China, India, Japan |
Shipbuilding Industries | Japan |
Automobile Industry | United States, Japan, Germany, France |
Railway Equipment and Airports | United States |
Chemical Industries | Germany, China, USA |
Textile Industries | Southern United States and Japan |
Agro-based industries | USA, China, India, and Russia |
Forest-based industry | India, EU, Japan |
Major Industrial Regions of the World
Industrial areas are concentrated in particular areas because of favorable geo-economic conditions. These are areas in which the manufacturing industries tend to operate on a large scale basis and also employ a large part of the population. The distribution of industries denotes a localized trend in a few areas which are referred to as “industrial regions”. Some of the most important industrial regions include Western and Central Europe, eastern Europe, eastern Asia, and Eastern North America. Seaports and coalfields are areas of major industrial regions.