- What it does
- These raw physical materials serve as the foundational inputs for industrial manufacturing, construction, and textile production. They supply the essential bulk matter ranging from iron ore and raw cotton to natural rubber required to forge, weave, or mold finished commercial and industrial goods.
- How it flows
- Delivered as bulk physical commodities via freight, these materials flow directly into heavy industrial machinery, smelting furnaces, and industrial looms. They are physically consumed, processed, and transformed on the factory floor to become the constituent parts of downstream manufactured goods.
- Summary
- Bulk mineral, textile, and plant materials are extracted or harvested, shipped as raw commodities, and received at industrial facilities where they are physically consumed and transformed into downstream manufactured goods.