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SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1984

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ANALYSED BY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT IN 1982, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADE RECORDED THE LARGEST SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS $205 319 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT OF THE SECTOR'S TOTAL.

RETAIL TRADE ACCOUNTED FOR ANOTHER 17 PER CENT, WHILE WHOLESALE TRADE TOOK UP 14 PER CENT, RESTAURANTS FIVE PER CENT, AND HOTELS-BOARDING HOUSES ONE PER CENT.

IMPORT-EXPORT TRADE CONTRIBUTED 51 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED IN THE SECTOR.

OF THE BALANCE, RETAIL TRADE ACCOUNTED FOR 21 PER CENT, RESTAURANTS FOR 15 PER CENT, WHOLESALE TRADE FOR EIGHT PER CENT, AND HOTELS-BOARDING HOUSES FOR FIVE PER CENT.

COMPARED WITH 1981, RESTAURANTS REGISTERED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS (15 PER CENT), FOLLOWED BY HOTELS-BOARDING HOUSES (14 PER CENT), WHOLESALE TRADE (11 PER CENT), RETAIL TRADE (SIX PER CENT) AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADE (FIVE PER CENT).

IN TERMS OF VALUE ADDED, HOTELS-BOARDING HOUSES RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE (12 PER CENT), FOLLOWED BY RESTAURANTS (NINE PER CENT) AND IMPORT EXPORT TRADE (SIX PER CENT). WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, ON THE OTHER HAND, RECORDED DECREASES OF THREE PER CENT AND ONE PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

FIELD WORK FOR THE 1982 SURVEY WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT BETWEEN MAY 1983 AND FEBRUARY 1984.

THE 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.

A TABLE, WHICH WILL BE ISSUED BY FACSIMILE, PROVIDES THE PRINCIPAL STATISTICS BY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR 1981 AND 1982. COPIES OF THE TABLE MAY ALSO BE COLLECTED FROM THE GIS NEWS ROOM ON THE SIXTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.

THE DEPARTMENT IS NOW PREPARING A REPORT ON THE 1982 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.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S WHOLESALE-RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION AT 3-7216024.

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