"priority sector" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
Example sentence: "The government has pledged additional funding to the priority sector to support economic development in the region."
Three-fourths of the defense industries, the priority sector, were in Russia, and the republic accounted for about three-fourths of the Soviet gross national product.
"Construction was identified as a priority sector that creates large numbers of low and semi-skilled jobs that are typically open to the poorest people in developing countries".
"The government has proclaimed IT to be a priority sector for Armenia but to fulfil this potential we need properly trained professionals," he said.
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the UK's auditing and accountancy watchdog, plans to make food retailing a priority sector for audit inspections this year.
As a priority sector they need to receive more in order to help Haiti have better cover in terms of trees, and that could help us with all these hurricane storms that will come in here.
The Warwick Commission on Cultural Value found that a quarter of local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have stated that the creative industries are a priority sector, and that 85% of local authority employees agree with the statement: "My local authority values arts and culture".
Moreover, much of the lending to priority sectors, by definition, is to those on low incomes.
Some 40% of loans must be directed towards "priority sectors", mainly agriculture.
They also have to direct 36% of loans to "priority sectors", picked by the government to help small borrowers.
To make the task more manageable, they decided to press ahead in 11 "priority sectors", from fisheries to aviation.
Timelines were set out for completing liberalization in 11 priority sectors including auto parts, agricultural commodities and tourism by 2010.
