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Major

industry

group

Comparison of Selected Principal Statistics for all establishments in

the Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades. Restaurants and Hotels Sector between 1992 and 1993.

Number

of

Number

of

establish-

ments

persons engaged

Number

of

employees

Compensa- tions of cmployees

Operating

expenses

Value of purchases of goods for salc

Gross surplus

Sales and

olher

Valuc

receipts

added

$ Mn.

$ Mn.

3 Mn.

$ Mn.

$ Ma.

$ Mn.

Wholesale

trade

1993

23 302

91 594

67 539

7,006

10,265

146,258

6,479

170,008

14.139

1992

23 160

84 446

60959

5.351

8.391

139,940

5,816

159,498

11,519

% change

+0.6

+8.5

+10.8

+30.9

+22. 3

+4.5

+11.4

+6.6

+22. 7.

Retail trade

1993

57 521

226 132

151 891

16,212

33,643

172,496

14,561

236,912

30,942

1992

60 705

227 073

152 869

14,218

28,734

160,775

13,503

217,229

28,418

% change

-5.2

-0.4

-0.6

+14.0

+17. I

+7.3

+7.8

+9.1

+8.9

Import/export

1993

99 861

506 030

449 080

65,496

137,045

1,460,433

91,486

1,754,460

156,385

trade

1992

89 154

428 927

378 241

53,111

[11,166

1,332,744

71.538

1,568,560

126.173

% change

+12.0

+18.0

+18. 7

+23.3

+23.3

+9.6

+27.9

+11.9

+23.9

Restaurants

1993

10 816

220 652

208 504

18.769

16,318

21,125

4,064

60,276

22.823

1992

10 236

205 765

195 813

17,355

15,381

19,773

3,625

36.134

21.120

% change

+5.7

+7.2

+6.5

+8. 1

+6. 1

+6.8

+12. 1

+7.4

+8, 1

Hotels/

1993

1458

42 699

41 058

5,301

6,384

1,836

•

4,199

17.721

10.450

boarding

1992

1 524

40 818

houses

% change

4.3

+4.6

39.006

+5.3

4,585

5,957

1,688

3.391

15,621

8,884

+15.6

+7.2

+3. 8

+23. 8

+13.4

+17.6

Total

1993

1992

192 957 184 779

| 087 107

918 072

112,783

203,656

% change

+4.4

987 028

+10. 1

826 888 +11.0

94,620

+19.2

169,629 +20. 1

1,802,148 1,654,920 +5.9

120.790 97.873

2,239,378

234,739

2,017.042

196,114

+23.4

+11.0

+19.7

Notes: (1) Figures denoting changes are derived from unrounded figures.

(2) Individual items may not add up to the corresponding total due to rounding.

(3) 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 "Report on 1993 Survey of Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels".

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