Table 5
(Chapter 3: The Economy)
Appendices
6
Business Receipts Indices
(Quarterly average of 2008-100)
2013
2017
2018
Service industry
Import/export trade
110.7
106.1
110.0
(-0.3)
(+2.3)
(+3.7)
Wholesale
132.4
130.2
135.7
(+4.3)
(+2.8)
(+4.3)
Retail
181.0
163.3
177.6
(+11.0)
(+2.2)
(+8.7)
Transportation
106.4
108.2
116.9
(+1.4)
(+7.1)
(+8.0)
Warehousing and storage
164.5
265.5
299.3
(+8.2)
(+14.1)
(+12.7)
Courier
206.9
258.0
256.2
(+26.1)
(+19.1)
(-0.7)
Accommodation services(1)
148.9
155.3
172.1
(+5.6)
(+6.0)
(+10.8)
Food services
122.2
142.0
150.6
(+3.5)
(+5.0)
(+6.0)
Information and communications
127.9
155.4
160.2
(+6.0)
(+2.9)
(+3.1)
Banking
156.3
193.8
206.9
(+16.8)
(-0.1)
(+6.8)
Financing (except banking)
106.6
136.3
150.3
(+2.6)
(+7.2)
(+10.3)
Insurance
155.8
280.1
304.4
(+15.1)
(+11.8)
(+8.7)
Real estate
135.6
228.1
240.1
(+0.1)
(+14.2)
(+5.2)
Professional, scientific and technical services
129.7
154.6
159.7
(+7.2)
(+1.9)
(+3.3)
Administrative and support services
128.5
151.7
157.0
(+9.5)
(+1.5)
(+3.5)
Service domain(2)
Tourism, convention and exhibition services
Computer and information technology services
226.4
197.2
217.4#
(+17.8)
(+0.7)
(+10.2)#
146.1
134.5
138.4
(+2.1)
(+1.4)
(+2.9)
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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