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In the storage industry, there were 250 establishments in operation in 1993, a small increase of 2% over 1992. The total receipts generated by these establishments amounted to $3.9 billion, an increase of 4% over 1992.
On the other hand, the industry's gross surplus accounted for 12.1% of the total receipts in 1993, a drop of 1.1 percentage points from the figure for 1992.
The total operating expenditure of the industry accounted for 87.9% of the total receipts. Compared with 1992, this was higher by 1.1 percentage points.
The total value added of the storage industry also decreased by 7% to $1.3 billion in 1993. It accounted for 32.9% of the total receipts, and was 4.1 percentage points lower than the figure for 1992.
The attached table compares some selected principal statistics by major industry group between 1992 and 1993.
More detailed results together with the background and methodology of the survey will be given in a full survey report to be published in around August 1995. The report will be on sale in August at the Goverment Publications Centre of the Information Services Department, Low Block, ground floor, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong; and the Publications Section of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th Floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Enquiries regarding the survey results may be directed to the Business Services Statistics Section of the Census and Statistics Department on tel 2802 1244.
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