LIGHT INDUSTRY
\lˈa͡ɪt ˈɪndʌstɹˌɪ], \lˈaɪt ˈɪndʌstɹˌɪ], \l_ˈaɪ_t ˈɪ_n_d_ʌ_s_t_ɹ_ˌɪ]\
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Consumer electronics and clothing manufacturing are examples of light industry. It is part of an economy's secondary industry. It has less capital-intensive and more labor-intensive operations. End consumers rather than other businesses and industries are target of a light industry's products. Also refer to heavy industry.
By Henry Campbell Black
