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THESE RELATIVELY SLOWER INCREASES WERE MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE ΤΟ LESS BULLISH CONSUMER SENTIMENTS. ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE GULF CRISIS IN THE LATTER HALF OF 1990.
IN 1990, THERE WERE SOME 18,000 WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS IN OPERATION, AN INCREASE OF 13% OVER 1989. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED ROSE BY 12% TO 79,000.
THESE ESTABLISHMENTS GENERATED $123.3 BILLION OF SALES AND CONTRIBUTED $9.5 BILLION TO THE TOTAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP), REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 23% AND 35% RESPECTIVELY OVER 1989.
THE ESTABLISHMENTS INCURRED $4.6 BILLION EXPENDITURE ON EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION, AN INCREASE OF 29% OVER 1989; AND $9.6 BILLION ON OPERATING EXPENSES (+36%).
SOME 69,000 IMPORTERS/EXPORTERS WERE IN OPERATION IN 1990, INCREASE OF 18% OVER 1989.
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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED INCREASED BY 15% TO 376,000 OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
THE IMPORT/EXPORT TRADE GENERATED $1,041.5 BILLION OF SALES AND CONTRIBUTED $88 BILLION TO THE TOTAL GDP, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 20% AND 21% RESPECTIVELY OVER 1989.
EXPENDITURE OF THE IMPORTERS/EXPORTERS INCLUDED $36.3 BILLION ON EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION AND $113 BILLION ON OPERATING EXPENSES, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 27% AND 35% RESPECTIVELY OVER 1989.
SOME 54,000 RETAILERS WERE IN OPERATION IN 1990, AN INCREASE OF 5% OVER 1989. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED INCREASED BY 1% TO 195,000 OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
THE RETAIL TRADE GENERATED $156.2 BILLION OF SALES CONTRIBUTED $20.5 BILLION TO THE TOTAL GDP, REPRESENTING INCREASES 11% AND 6% OVER 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
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EXPENDITURE OF THE RETAILERS INCLUDED $10.1 BILLION EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION AND $20.6 BILLION ON OPERATING EXPENSES, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 10% AND 16% RESPECTIVELY OVER 1989.
SOME 8,700 RESTAURANTS WERE IN OPERATION IN 1990, WITH A WORKFORCE OF 187,000. WHEN COMPARED WITH 1989, THE GROWTH WAS 11% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.
THESE RESTAURANTS GENERATED $41.8 BILLION OF SALES CONTRIBUTED $16.2 BILLION TO THE TOTAL GDP, BOTH INCREASED BY 8%
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EXPENDITURE OF THESE RESTAURANTS INCLUDED $12.6 BILLION ON EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION AND $10.5 BILLION ON OPERATING EXPENSES, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 15% AND 20% RESPECTIVELY OVER 1989.
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