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South American industries are one very important part of the economy of this continent. South America has fourteen countries within it and all of them are not equally developed in terms of industries and industrial growth. Those countries in South America that have enough petroleum reserve or other natural reserves, are more developed in industrial growth.
South America industries previously, especially before the World War II were dependent on the developed European nations like, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and some other. Burt after the war South American countries ventured to develop their industries by themselves and thus created a number of well known industry centers. A new trend also developed as more heavy industries were on rise than the previous light industries.
It is seen that, those South American countries that have enough sources of fuel, developed in industrial rise more than those which do not have that much fuel reservation. At the beginning of the era, when South America was taking initiative of building industries of its own, one of the pressing problems was the scarcity of coal. That is why, many of the countries of this continent used the petroleum reserve and started developing independent industries. Some of these countries are, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Colombia and also Ecuador.
One important part of the industrial field of South America is agriculture and related industries. Agriculture on the basis of commercial production, is one very important part of the total industries in South America. Coffee, sugarcane, tobacco and many other agricultural products are exported from South America.
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