THE TERTIARY SECTOR IN SPAIN: OTHER SERVICES

Other important services are:

• Financial services. Banks provide financial services.
• Public services. Services such as rubbish collection and street lightinhg are provided by the government or the local council.

Legal services, telecommunications and electricity, are provided by private companies.

THE TERTIARY SECTOR IN SPAIN: TRANSPORT

Transport is another important service.
We need transport to go from one town to another.
Transport is also essential for moving merchandise.
Raw materials are taken to factories.
Products from farming and industry are taken to consumers.
Passengers and merchandise travel by road, rail, sea and air.

THE TERTIARY SECTOR IN SPAIN: HEALTH AND EDUCATION

Health services are provided in hospitals, clinics and health centres.
Most of these services are public and are run by the government through the Social Security System.
Education services consist of primary, secondary and university education.
The government provides free, compulsory education in primary and secondary schools.
Private schools also provide primary and secondary education.

THE TERTIARY SECTOR IN SPAIN: TRADE

Trade is the buying and selling of products.

• Domestic trade means buying and selling products within a country.
• Foreign trade means buying and selling products to and form other countries.

Imports are products which we buy from other countries.

Exports are products which we sell to other countries.

Spain buys, or imports, more products than it exports.

The main imports are petrol, heavy machinery, elctrical appliances, car components and telecommunications products.

The main exports are cars, fruit and vegetables, medicines and elctrical goods.

THE TERTIARY SECTOR IN SPAIN: TOURISM

Tourism is very important for Spain.
It leads to the creation of many jobs in construction, as well as in hotels and restaurants.
Spain is a very popular tourist destination.

THE TERTIARY SECTOR IN SPAIN: SERVICES

The tertiary sector is also called the service sector.
Services do not provide us with material goods.
Instead, they offer us such as trade, health, education, tourism and transport.

THE SECONDARY SECTOR: MAIN INDUSTRIES IN SPAIN

Several industries are very important in Spain.
These include the food industry, car manufacturing, the metallurgical industry, the chemical industry and graphic arts.
In recent years, technological industries are becoming important.

Technological industry, photo by Jeff McNeill on Wikipedia

THE SECONDARY SECTOR IN SPAIN: THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Construction is one of the most important activities in the secondary sector.
It was very important in Spain until the economic crisis of recent years.
The construction of houses generally belongs to the private sector.
The building of roads, bridges and tunnels is usually carried out by the public sector.

New home construction, photo by Dwight Burdette on Wikipedia

The Building of a bridge, photo by Евгений Катышев on Wikipedia

THE SECONDARY SECTOR IN SPAIN. WHAT IS THE SECONDARY SECTOR?

The secondary sector transforms raw materials into manufactured products.
Industries in the secondary sector include factory work, the construction industry, car manufacturing, the chemical industry, the metallurgical industry, the food industry, graphic arts, and crafts industries, among others.

PRIMARY SECTOR ACTIVITIES: FISHING

Fishing is still an important part of the primary sector in Spain.
However fishing has declined over the last fifty years.
There are two reasons for this:

• Overfishing, when too many fish are caught, has reduced many species.
• Restrictions on fishing areas at sea have been imposed by European and international policies.

Overfishing, photo by C Ortiz Rojas, from NOAA

PRIMARY SECTOR ACTIVITIES: MINING

Not many people are employed in mining in Spain.

• Gravel and sand are extracted from gravel pits.
• Marble and granite are extracted from quarries.
• Mercury is found in a mineral called cinnabar. Cinnabar is extracted from mines.
• Coal is extracted from mines deep beneath the ground.

Gravel pit, picture by Dwight Burdette on Wikipedia

Liquid Mercury, picture from Wikipedia

PRIMARY SECTOR ACTIVITIES: STOCKBREEDING

Stockbreeding involves different animals.
Pigs: fresh meat and cold meats (ham).
Poultry farms: chicken and eggs.
Cows: dairy products and meat.
Sheep: meat, milk and wool.
Extensive farming is mainly restricted to cows and sheep.

Extensive farming, picture by Cgoodwin on Wikipedia

PRIMARY SECTOR ACTIVITIES: CROP FARMING

There are two main types of crops in Spain:

• Irrigated crops. These crops need a lot of water in order to grow: oranges, lemons, peaches, lettuces, tomatoes and peppers.
• Dry crops. These do not need much water in order to grow: olives and grains.

You can see clicking here what we studied last year:

DRY FARMING AND IRRIGATION

CROP FARMING AND MACHINES

REMEMBER

JOBS RELATED TO NATURE:
Some jobs, such as farming, stockbreeding, fishing and mining obtain resources directly from nature.

JOBS RELATED TO INDUSTRY:
In some jobs, raw materials are transformed into manufactured products.
These are jobs in industries.

JOBS RELATED TO SERVICES:
Some jobs do not produce material goods.
They provide services for other people.
Some examples are education, health, transport, communication, tourism, cultural and financial services.