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MUNDAY, JULY 8, 1985
IN 1983, THESE ESTABLISHMENTS GENERATED $381 559 MILLION IN SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS, AND SPENT $18 672 MILLION ON COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES, $34 918 MILLION ON OPERATING EXPENSES, AND $313 527 MILLION ON PURCHASES OF GOODS FOR SALE.
COMPARED WITH 1982, SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT, WHILE COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES, OPERATING EXPENSES AND PURCHASES OF GOODS FOR SALE WENT UP BY 16 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT AND 19 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
VALUE ADDED, REPRESENTING THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF HONG KONG, GREW BY 23 PER CENT TO $40 605 MILLION IN 1983, FROM $32 903 MILLION IN 1982.
ANALYSED BY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, THE SURVEY REVEALED THAT IN 1983, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADE RECORDED THE LARGEST SHARE OF SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS, AT $249 599 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT OF THE SECTOR TOTAL.
RETAIL TRADE ACCOUNTED FOR ANOTHER 16 PER CENT, WHILE WHOLESALE TRADE TOOK UP 13 PER CENT, RESTAURANTS FOUR PER CENT, AND HOTELS-BOARDING HOUSES ONE PER CENT.
IMPORT-EXPORT TRADE CONTRIBUTED 56 PER CENT OF TOTAL VALUE ADDED IN THE SECTOR. THE REMAINING CONTRIBUTION WAS ACCOUNTED FOR BY RETAIL TRADE (18 PER CENT), RESTAURANTS (13 PER CENT), WHOLESALE TRADE (EIGHT PER CENT) AND HOTELS-BOARDING HOUSES (FIVE PER CENT).
WHEN COMPARED WITH 1982, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADE HAD THE LARGEST INCREASE IN SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS (22 PER CENT), FOLLOWED BY WHOLESALE TRADE (14 PER CENT), HOTELS-BOARDING HOUSES (13 PER CENT), RETAIL TRADE (10 PER CENT) AND RESTAURANTS (10 PER CENT).
IN TERMS OF VALUE ADDED, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADE ALSO RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE (35 PER CENT), FOLLOWED BY WHOLESALE TRADE (15 PER CENT), HOTELS-BOARDING HOUSES (14 PER CENT), RESTAURANTS (10 PER CENT) AND RETAIL TRADE (NINE PER CENT).
THE 1983 SURVEY WAS ONE IN A SERIES OF ANNUAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASCERTAINING THE STRUCTURE AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE AND SERVICE SECTOR AND UPDATING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF HONG KONG.
DATA COLLECTED IN THE SURVEY INCLUDED TYPE OF OWNERSHIP, FLOOR AREA, NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED, NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES, OPERATING EXPENSES, PURCHASES OF GOODS FOR SALE, STOCKS, SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS, AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.
THE DEPARTMENT IS NOW PREPARING A REPORT ON THE 1983 SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS, WHICH WILL CONTAIN A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS BY MAJOR TRADE GROUP AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS.
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ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S WHOLESALE-RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION AT
-7244358.
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