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Table 5

(Chapter 3: The Economy)

Appendices

6

Business Receipts Indices

(Quarterly average of 2008-100)

2013

2017

2018

Service industry

Import/export trade

110.7

106.1

110.0

(-0.3)

(+2.3)

(+3.7)

Wholesale

132.4

130.2

135.7

(+4.3)

(+2.8)

(+4.3)

Retail

181.0

163.3

177.6

(+11.0)

(+2.2)

(+8.7)

Transportation

106.4

108.2

116.9

(+1.4)

(+7.1)

(+8.0)

Warehousing and storage

164.5

265.5

299.3

(+8.2)

(+14.1)

(+12.7)

Courier

206.9

258.0

256.2

(+26.1)

(+19.1)

(-0.7)

Accommodation services(1)

148.9

155.3

172.1

(+5.6)

(+6.0)

(+10.8)

Food services

122.2

142.0

150.6

(+3.5)

(+5.0)

(+6.0)

Information and communications

127.9

155.4

160.2

(+6.0)

(+2.9)

(+3.1)

Banking

156.3

193.8

206.9

(+16.8)

(-0.1)

(+6.8)

Financing (except banking)

106.6

136.3

150.3

(+2.6)

(+7.2)

(+10.3)

Insurance

155.8

280.1

304.4

(+15.1)

(+11.8)

(+8.7)

Real estate

135.6

228.1

240.1

(+0.1)

(+14.2)

(+5.2)

Professional, scientific and technical services

129.7

154.6

159.7

(+7.2)

(+1.9)

(+3.3)

Administrative and support services

128.5

151.7

157.0

(+9.5)

(+1.5)

(+3.5)

Service domain(2)

Tourism, convention and exhibition services

Computer and information technology services

226.4

197.2

217.4#

(+17.8)

(+0.7)

(+10.2)#

146.1

134.5

138.4

(+2.1)

(+1.4)

(+2.9)

Notes:

Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the same period of the preceding year. (1) 'Accommodation services' refers to hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing

short-term accommodation.

(2) A service domain differs from a service industry in that it comprises those economic activities which straddle

different industries but are related to a common theme.

# Provisional figures.

Source: Business Services Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department

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