Great Britain is a highly developed industrial country. This was the
country in which the earliest developments of modern industry took place.
It exports machinery, vessels, motors and other goods. There are a lot of
factories and mines there.
The textile industry is also highly developed. Manchester is the
center of the cotton, textile industry, one of the Britain’s most important
producers of computers and electronic equipment. A lot of British textiles
are exported.
Ship-building is an important industry. The main ship building
centers are London, Glasgow.
At the same time Great Britain imports some food products and raw
materials from many countries of the world. Because of the weather only
half of the food the country needs is produced by British agriculture.
Vegetables and fruits are grown especially in the south of England where
the temperature is higher and there are more hours of sunshine than in the
northern regions.
Wheat is grown in the east of England. English wool is famous in the
whole world. Sheep can be seen in many parts of England, Scotland and there
are a lot of cattle farms and farms where milk, butter and cheese are
produced.
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