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Give the types of goods and explain the difference between consumer goods and producers’ goods with examples.

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The various types of goods are:

  • Physical (Tangible) goods and Intangible goods
  • Economic goods and non-economic goods
  • Durable goods and Perishable goods
  • Private goods and Public goods
  • Consumers’ goods and Producers’ goods
Consumers’ goodsProducers’ goods
1. When a consumer consumes a good and the good is capable of directly satisfying a particular want then ilis called a consumer good.1. When a good is used at the intermediate stage of production of a final good or when it is purchased by a producer to produce a final good and it is not directly consumed by the consumers but the good helps in the production of a final good then such a good is called a producer’s good.
2. Cooked food which s ready tor consumption is an example of consumers’ goods.2. Cotton used to make cloth, machines used in factories to produce garments, etc. are used further for producing goods and hence are producers’ goods.


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