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