Major industry
group
Comparison of Selected Principal Statistics for all establishments in
the Wholesale. Retail and Import/Export Trades. Restaurants and Hotels Sector between 1991 and 1992
Number
of
establish-
ments
Number
of
persons engaged
Number
of
employees
Compensa-
tions of employees
Operating
expenses
Value of purchases of goods for sale
Gross surplus
Sales and
other
receipts
Value
added
$ Mn.
$ Mn.
1 Mn.
$ Mn.
$ Mn.
$ Ma.
Wholesale
1992
23 160
84 446
60 959
5,351
8,391
139,940
5,816
159,498
11,519
trade
1991
21 298
85 498
61 830
5,166
11,460
118,496
5,027
% change
+9
– 1
- 1
+4
.27
+ 16
140,149 +14
10,649
+3
Retail trade
1992
60 705
1991
% change
55 525
+9
227 073 213 904
152 869
145 218
+6
+5
14,218 12,661 + 12
28.734 25,240
+ 14
160,775
138,203
+16
13,503 11,050 +22
217,229
28,418
187,154
+16
24,411
+16
Import/export
1992
89 154
428 927
378 241
53,111
trade
1991
82 468
434 764
380 783
45,184
111,166 127,867
1,332,744
71,538
1,568,560
126,173
1,081,1
.187
% change
+8
- 1
+18
- 13
+23
58,727
+22
1,312,965
107,781
+19
+17
Restaurants
1992
1991
% change
10 236
9713
+5
205 765
195 813
17,355
15,381
19,773
3,625
56,134
21,121
197 722
186 556
14,524
12,472
17,347
3,015
47,317
17,451
+4
+5
+19
+23
+ (4
+ 20
+19
+21
Hotels/
1992
1 524
40 818
39 006
4,585
5,957
1,688
3.391
15,621
8,884
boarding
1991
houses
% change
1 649
- 8
39 516
37813
3,944
5,723
1,442
2,032
13,141
7,113
+3
+3
+16
+4
+ 17
+67
+19
+25
/13
12
Total
1992
1991
184 779
170 653
987 028
971 404
826 8R8
812 201
% change
+8
+2
+2
94,620 81,478 + 16
169,629
182,762 -7
1,654,920 1.356,636
97,873 79,851
+22
+ 23
2,017,042 1,700,727 +19
196,114 167,404
+ 17
Note: (1) Individual items may not ucl up to the corresponding total due to rounding.
(2) Value added is a measure of the contribution of an economic sector/industry to Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product. The definition can be
found in the "1992 Survey of Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels" Report. (3) Percentage change figures are derived from unrounded figures.
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1994