labour-intensive industry

From Longman Business Dictionarylabour-intensive industryˌlabour-ˈintensive ˌindustry British English, labor-intensive industry American English [countable]COMMERCEMANUFACTURING an industry needing a lot of people to operate, usually MANUAL WORKER sMany manufacturers in labor-intensive industries in Taiwan have moved operations to China. → industry

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