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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1982
IMPORT/EXPORT TRADE, REPRESENTING 23 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND 26 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE, REGISTERED THE LARGEST SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS AT $152 778 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT OF THE SECTOR TOTAL. IT CONTRIBUTED 51 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED IN THE SECTOR.
WHOLESALE. TRADE, COMPRISING 14 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND 12 PER CENT OF THE SECTOR'S WORKFORCE, ACCOUNTED FOR 14 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS - AND NINE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED IN THE SECTOR.
RESTAURANTS REPRESENTED SIX PER CENT AND HOTELS/BOARDING HOUSES ONE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS. THEY EMPLOYED 26 PER CENT AND FOUR PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE. RESTAURANTS RECORDED FOUR PER CENT OF THE TOTAL SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS AND 13 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED. HOTELS/BOARDING HOUSES ACCOUNTED FOR ONE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS AND FIVE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED.
IN TERMS OF SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS, WHOLESALE TRADE ATTAINED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF 47 PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY RETAIL TRADE (36 PER CENT), IMPORT/EXPORT TRADE (29 PER CENT) RESTAURANTS (26 PER CENT) AND HOTELS/BOARDING HOUSES (20 PER CENT).
WHOLESALE TRADE AGAIN RECORDED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN VALUE ADDED OF 46 PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY IMPORT/EXPORT TRADE (30 PER CENT), RETAIL TRADE AND RESTAURANTS (EACH OF 28 PER CENT) AND HOTELS/BOARDING HOUSES (22 PER CENT).
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS NOW PREPARING A REPORT ON THE 1980 SURVEY, WHICH WILL CONTAIN A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS, ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE/ RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 3-7216024).
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