From Longman Business Dictionarysecondary industryˈsecondary ˌindustry [countable, uncountable]ECONOMICS an industry that makes goods, rather than producing RAW MATERIALs (=basic materials used to make goods) or providing services, or these industries considered as a wholeThey wanted to develop a series of secondary industries: sawmilling, building, textiles and cider-making. → industry
