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(d) Chain Volume Measures of GDP by Economic Activity

2004

2008@

2009@

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

of major economic activities (%)

Manufacturing

+1.7

-6.6

-9.3

Construction

-9.3

+8.8

+2.1

Services

+9.9

+2.5

-2.3

of which:

Wholesale, retail and import and export trades,

+15.1

+6.2

-8.0

restaurants and hotels

Transport, storage and communications

+13.9

+2.4

-6.0

Financing, insurance, real estate and business services

+13.4

-0.4

+1.4

Community, social and personal services.

+2.6

+2.2

+1.2

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

Figures for GDP by economic activity are compiled based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 1.1.

§

Less than 0.05%.

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

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