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(d) Chain Volume Measures of GDP by Economic Activity

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2003

2007@

2008@

Year-on-year rates of change in real terms of value added

of major economic activities (%)

Manufacturing

-10.3

-1.5

-6.6

Construction

-4.6

-1.1

+1.3

Services

+4.3

+7.0

+2.5

of which:

Wholesale, retail and import and export trades,

+8.9

+6.6

+4.1

restaurants and hotels

Transport, storage and communications

+0.6

+5.1

+2.1

Financing, insurance, real estate and business services

+5.5

+13.5

+1.9

Community, social and personal services

+0.4

+1.7

+1.5

Notes: Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the same period of the preceding year.

+ Less than 0.05%.

Source: National Income Branches (1) and (2), Census and Statistics Department.

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