• The primary sector focuses on producing primary goods. It includes agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining.
• Agriculture forms the basis of Finnish food production.
• The most important Finnish industries include the forest industry, the machine and metal industry, the chemical industry and the food industry.
• Biotechnology is a growing field of the chemical industry.
• The service sector is the fastest-growing and most profitable economical sector. 
• Key words: industry, the primary sector, agriculture, industry, degree of processing, public services, private services.