Table 5
Appendices
6
(Chapter 3: The Economy)
Business Receipts Indices
(Quarterly average of 2008-100)
2011
2015
2016#
Service industry
Import/export trade
112.5
106.4
103.8
(+8.9)
(-3.9)
(-2.5)
Wholesale
123.1
127.8
126.4
(+12.7)
(-4.9)
(-1.1)
Retail
148.6
174.0
159.9
(+24.9)
(-3.7)
(-8.1)
Transportation
104.0
108.1
101.0
(+4.4)
(-4.3)
(-6.5)
Warehousing and storage
121.5
207.5
232.6
(+9.4)
(+12.7)
(+12.1)
Courier
141.2
205.4
216.6
(+17.3)
(-5.9)
(+5.5)
Accommodation services(1)
123.9
148.2
146.0
(+19.6)
(-6.6)
(-1.5)
Food services
112.5
131.4
135.2
(+6.4)
(+3.9)
(+2.9)
Information and communications
110.5
150.1
151.4
(+8.8)
(+10.8)
(+0.9)
Banking
122.3
179.3
193.9
(+10.8)
(+8.3)
(+8.1)
Financing (except banking)
102.2
135.3
127.1
(-2.4)
(+19.0)
(-6.0)
Insurance
119.2
205.6
250.4
(+9.4)
(+11.7)
(+21.8)
Real estate
121.1
171.5
200.2
(-0.9)
(+8.1)
(+16.7)
Professional, scientific and technical services
121.5
146.9
151.6
(+7.3)
(+5.3)
(+3.2)
Administrative and support services
108.5
148.1
149.5
(+10.2)
(+7.4)
(+0.9)
Service domain(2)
Tourism, convention and exhibition services
Computer and information technology services
166.9
213.2
196.5
(+23.8)
(-5.0)
(-7.8)
124.4
137.4
132.7
(+10.4)
(-4.2)
(-3.4)
Notes:
Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the same period of the preceding year. (1) 'Accommodation services' refers to 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. Provisional figures.
#
Source: Business Services Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department
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