MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1979
MORE PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN WHOLESALE, RETAIL
AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES
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A TOTAL OF 288 250 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN THE WHOLESALE RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES IN SEPTEMBER 1979, ACCORDING TO THE THIRD QUARTER 1979 EMPLOYMENT SURVEY COVERING THESE TRADES AS WELL AS RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS.
THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 3 190 OR 1,1 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1979. WHEN COMPARED WITH 269 142 PERSONS ENGAGED IN SEPTEMBER 1978, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 19 108 PERSONS OR 7.1 PER CENT.
RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WERE ANNOUNCED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY).
THEY ALSO SHOW THAT EMPLOYMENT IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS REACHED 110 169 PERSONS, BEING 5.1 PER CENT ABOVE THE JUNE 1979 FIGURE AND 9.1 PER CENT ABOVE SEPTEMBER 1978.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS SHOWN THAT THERE WERE 19 006 PERSONS ENGAGED IN HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 0.1 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1979 AND AN INCREASE OF 7.5 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1978.
DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT IN WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS IN SEPTEMBER 1979, JUNE 1979 AND SEPTEMBER 1978 ARE AS FOLLOWS -
CHANGE OF SEPTEMBER 1979 OVER JUNE 1979
PERSONS ENGAGED IN
NATURE OF BUSINESS
SEPTEMBER
PERSONS
PERSONS ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN SEPTEMBER
PERSONS
1978
JUNE 1979
1979
ENGAGED
% CHANGE
WHOLESALE TRADE
40 387
44 351
44 862
511
+1.2
RETAIL TRADE
134 882
138 132
139 617
+1 485
+1.1
IMPORT/EXPORT
BUSINESS
93 873
102 577
103 771
+1 194
+1.2
RESTAURANTS,
CAFES AND
BARS
101 001
109 605
110 169
564
+0.5
HOTELS AND
BOARDING
HOUSES
17 688
TOTAL
387 831
18 990
413 655
19 006
417 425 +3 770
16
+0.1
+0.9
DETAILED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR VARIOUS TRADES AND ACTIVITIES ARE OBTAINABLE ON REQUEST FROM THE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.