(d) Chain Volume Measures of GDP by Economic Activity
Appendices ❘ 443
2003
2007@
2008@
Year-on-year rates of change in real terms of value added
of major economic activities (%)
Manufacturing
-10.3
-1.5
-6.6
Construction
-4.6
-1.1
+1.3
Services
+4.3
+7.0
+2.5
of which:
Wholesale, retail and import and export trades,
+8.9
+6.6
+4.1
restaurants and hotels
Transport, storage and communications
+0.6
+5.1
+2.1
Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
+5.5
+13.5
+1.9
Community, social and personal services
+0.4
+1.7
+1.5
Notes: Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the same period of the preceding year.
+ Less than 0.05%.
Source: National Income Branches (1) and (2), Census and Statistics Department.
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