The following are all factors determining the location of industry except

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The location of an industry is determined by several factors that influence where it is most efficient and profitable to set up production. The classical factors include:

• Availability of labour - industries locate where there is an adequate supply of skilled or unskilled workers as required.
• Proximity to market - industries that produce bulky, perishable, or fragile finished goods tend to locate near their consumers to reduce transport costs.
• Nearness to raw materials - industries that use heavy or perishable raw materials locate near the source to minimise input transport costs (weight-losing industries).

Other recognised location factors include availability of power and water, transport infrastructure, government policy, and climate.

The minimum wages rate is not a classical factor determining industrial location. Minimum wage is a government-imposed floor on worker pay and applies uniformly across all locations within a country. While the general cost of labour may influence location decisions, the statutory minimum wage rate does not vary by location in a way that would determine where an industry is sited. It is a labour regulation, not a locational factor.