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MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1979
PURCHASES OF GOODS FOR RETAIL SALE WERE WORTH $14,262 MILLION WHILE $1,074 MILLION WERE SPENT ON LABOUR COST, AND $1,519 MILLION ON OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES.
WHOLESALE TRADE HAD A TOTAL SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS OF $17,067 MILLION, ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS RETAIL TRADE. ITS CENSUS VALUE-ADDED, HOWEVER, AT $1,451 MILLION, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THAT OF RETAIL TRADE, DUE MAINLY TO A RELATIVELY LOWER GROSS MARGIN.
PURCHASES OF GOODS IN 1977 AMOUNTED TO $15,611 MILLION WHILE LABOUR COST AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES INCURRED WERE $504 MILLION AND $630 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
THE RESULTS RELEASED TODAY RELATE TO 46,066 WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH WERE IN OPERATION DURING THE ENUMERATION PERIOD.
THE RESULTS WERE DERIVED FROM DATA COLLECTED FROM ALL ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING 20 OR MORE PERSONS PLUS A SAMPLE SELECTION OF SMALLER ESTABLISHMENTS.
+THE CENSUS COVERED ALL ESTABLISHMENTS REGISTERED WITH THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION OFFICE AND MARKET STALLS REGISTERED WITH THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR HOUSING DEPARTMENT,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THE CENSUS DID NOT, HOWEVER, INCLUDE UNREGISTERED ESTABLISHMENTS, HAWKERS AND OTHER MOBILE VENDORS. ALSO EXCLUDED FROM THE CENSUS RESULTS ARE 9,840 ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH WERE KNOWN TO HAVE OPERATED DURING 1977 BUT WERE EITHER CLOSED, OR BECAME UNTRACEABLE DURING THE CENSUS ENUMERATION PERIOD, + HE ADDED.
THE IR STATISTICS WILL BE ESTIMATED AND INCLUDED IN A FORTHCOMING CENSUS REPORT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF COMPILING A REPORT CONTAINING DETAILED CENSUS RESULTS, THE SAMPLE DESIGN AND METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING.
OTHER INFORMATION TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE CENSUS REPORT INCLUDES THE TYPE OF OWNERSHIP AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ESTABLISHMENTS, STOCKS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE CENSUS RESULTS MAY BE MADE WITH THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT BY TELEPHONING 5-444584.
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