Comparison of Selected Principal Statistics for all establishments in

the Wholesale. Retail and Import/Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels Sector between 1990 and 1989

-

Major industry

group

Number of

establish-

ments

Number of

persons engaged

Number of

employees

Compensa- tions of employees

$ Mn.

Operating expenses

$ Mn.

Purchases of goods for sale

Changes in stocks

Sales and ather receipts

Value addad

$ Hn.

$ Mn.

$ MD.

$ Mn.

Wholesale

trade

1990 1989

* change

18 240 16 103 +13

79 381 70 899

+12

59 732 53 462 +12

4,608 3,579

+29

9,581 7,064 +36

105,665

918

86,643 +22

534

+72

123,330 99.942 +23

9.484

7,043

+35

Retail trade

1990 1989

53 844 51 102

✶ change

+5

194 723 192 358 +1

132 380 134 032

10,128

-1

9,209 +10

20,627 17,779 +16

118,041 107,170 +10

2,394 3,187 -25

156,190 140,587

20,484 19.393

+11

+6

Import/export

trade

1990 1989

60 140

58 507

change

+18

376 157 328 513 +15

321 094 287 386 +12

36,325 28,537 +27

112,969 83,893 +35

849,794 722,383 +18

6.401 6,731

1,041,450

-5

869,796 +20

87,979 72,499

+21

Restaurants

1990 1989

* change

B 695 7 835 +11

187 171 177 959 +5

177 054 167 959

+5

12,634 11,018 +15

10,527 8,789 +20

15,210 15,108 +1

68

41,763

32

38,749

16,170 15,016

+175

+8

+8

Hotels/

boarding houses

1990 1989

1 594

1 543

♣ change

36 705 36 233 +1

35 339 34 904 +1

3,279 2.830 +16

4.780 4.482 +7

1,236 1,094 +13

11

13

-16

11,920 11,199 +6

6,693 6,659

+1

12

Total

1990 1989

151 512 135 090

A change

+12

874 137 805 962 +8

725 598 677 743 +7

66,973 55,172

+21

158,483 122,006 +30

1,089,947 932,399 +17

9.813 10,497

1,374,654 1,160,272

140,810 120,610

-7

+18

+17

/13

Notes:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Individual items may not add up to the corresponding total due to rounding.

Value added is a measure of the contribution of an economic sector to Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product.

Figures denoting changes are derived from unrounded figures.

TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1992

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