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Table 5
(Chapter 3: The Economy)
Business Receipts Indices
(Quarterly average of 2008=100)
2006
2010
2011
Service industry
Import/export trade
86.2
103.3
112.5
(+10.3)
(+19.7)
(+8.9)
Wholesale
85.2
109.2
123.1
(+7.9)
(+25.0)
Retail
80.2
119.0
(+7.2)
(+18.3)
(+12.7)
148.6 (+24.9)
Transportation
86.7
99.6
104.0
(+10.0)
(+24.5)
(+4.4)
Warehousing and storage
81.0
111.0
121.5
(+10.2)
(+9.5)
(+9.4)
Courier
92.8
120.4
141.2
(+6.9)
(+28.3)
(+17.3)
Accommodation services(1)
83.6
103.6
(+13.8)
(+25.3)
123.9 (+19.6)
Food services
78.0
105.8
112.5
(+9.6)
(+5.1)
(+6.4)
Information and communications
87.1
101.5
110.5
(+6.1)
(+4.9)
(+8.8)
Banking
87.0
110.4
122.3
(+19.5)
(+8.8)
(+10.8)
Financing (except banking)
73.5
104.7
102.2
(+47.9)
(+16.7)
(-2.4)
Insurance
77.7
109.0
119.2
(+21.3)
(+8.3)
(+9.4)
Real estate
74.4
122.2
120.7
(-0.3)
(+11.4)
(-1.3)
Professional, scientific and technical services
83.4
113.3
121.5
Administrative and support services
Service domain(2)
Tourism, convention and exhibition services
Computer and information technology services
(+13.2) 82.0 (+20.9)
(+13.9)
(+7.3)
98.4 (+12.3)
108.5
(+10.2)
76.4 (+14.1) 89.0 (+9.8)
134.8 (+30.6)
164.8# (+22.2)#
112.7 (+32.5)
Notes: Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the same period of the preceding year.
124.4 (+10.4)
(1) Accommodation services sector covers hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments
providing short term accommodation.
(2) A service domain differs from a service industry in that it comprises those economic activities
which straddle different industries but are related to a common theme.
Source: Business Services Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department
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