1. Agro-based industries: These industries process the raw material 5 Page | 12 from the agricultural field into finished products to be consumed in the market. Major agro based industries are food processing, sugar, fruit juices, etc.
2. Mineral based industries: These industries use minerals such as iron, copper, cement as raw material.
3. Chemical based industries: These industries use natural chemical minerals such as Petroleum, salts, sulphur, etc.
4. Forest based industries: These industries use material provided by the forest such as, timber for furniture industry, wood, grass, bamboo for paper industry, etc.
5. Animal based industries: Raw material in these industries is obtained from animals. For example, wool for woollen textiles, ivory from elephant tusks and leather from animal hide.
