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COMPARED WITH 1990,

THESE

PERCENTAGES

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1993

REMAINED

VIRTUALLY

UNCHANGED.

THE TRADE'S VALUE ADDED GREW BY 23% FROM $88 BILLION IN 1990 TO $107.8 BILLION IN 1991.

IN

THE RETAIL TRADE, THERE WERE SOME 55,500 ESTABLISHMENTS IN OPERATION IN 1991, AN INCREASE OF 3% OVER 1990. TOTAL SALES GENERATED BY THESE ESTABLISHMENTS AMOUNTED TO $187.2 BILLION, WHICH WAS 20% HIGHER THAN THAT IN 1990.

THE GROSS SURPLUS AND THE TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURE OF THE RETAIL TRADE ACCOUNTED FOR 5.9% AND 94.1% OF ITS TOTAL SALES

RESPECTIVELY.

WHEN COMPARED WITH THE RESPECTIVE FIGURES OF 6.3% AND 93.7% IN 1990, ONLY A SMALL CHANGE WAS RECORDED.

THE TRADE'S VALUE ADDED WAS 824.4 BILLION IN 1991, AN INCREASE OF 19% OVER 1990.

IN THE WHOLESALE TRADE, THERE WERE SOME 21,300 ESTABLISHMENTS IN OPERATION IN 1991, AN INCREASE OF 17% OVER 1990. THESE ESTABLISHMENTS GENERATED $140.1 BILLION OF TOTAL SALES IN 1991, AN INCREASE OF 14% OVER 1990.

THE GROSS SURPLUS AND THE TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURE OF THE WHOLESALE TRADE ACCOUNTED FOR 3.6% AND 96.4% OF ITS TOTAL SALES RESPECTIVELY. THESE PERCENTAGES REMAINED UNCHANGED WHEN COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES IN 1990.

1991.

THE TRADE'S VALUE ADDED INCREASED BY 12% TO $10.6 BILLION IN

SOME 9,700 RESTAURANTS WERE IN OPERATION IN 1991. THEY GENERATED $47.3 BILLION OF TOTAL SALES, AN INCREASE OF 13% OVER 1990.

ITS 1990.

THE GROSS SURPLUS OF THESE RESTAURANTS ACCOUNTED FOR 6.4% OF TOTAL SALES, A DROP OF 1.9 PERCENTAGE POINTS BELOW THE FIGURE

IN

CONCURRENTLY THE TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURE OF THE INDUSTRY ACCOUNTED FOR 93.6% OF ITS TOTAL SALES, WHICH WAS 1.9 PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER THAN THE CORRESPONDING FIGURE IN 1990.

THE INDUSTRY'S VALUE ADDED WAS $17.5 BILLION, AN INCREASE OF 8% OVER 1990.

SOME 1,650 HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES WERE IN OPERATION IN 1991. THEY GENERATED $13.1 BILLION OF TOTAL SALES, AN INCREASE OF 10% OVER 1990.

THE GROSS SURPLUS OF THE HOTEL INDUSTRY ACCOUNTED FOR 15.5% OF ITS TOTAL SALES, A DECREASE OF 6.6 PERCENTAGE POINTS BELOW THE FIGURE IN 1990 WHILE THE TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTED FOR 84.5%.

/THE INDUSTRY'S