Which of the following is a feature of heavy industries?

Source: JAMB · 2023

Which of the following is a feature of heavy industries?

  1. small scale plants
  2. capital intensive ✓
  3. low turn-over
  4. consumer goods production
Explanation

Heavy industries, such as steel and shipbuilding, need very costly machines and large plants. They are therefore capital intensive.

They are not small scale, and they usually make goods for other industries rather than consumer goods.

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