Comparison of Selected Principal Statistics for All Establishments in
the Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels Sector between 1999 and 2000

Major
industry
group		 Number
of
establish-
ments		 Number
of
persons
engaged
Number
of
employees
Compensa-
tion of
employees

Operating
expenses
Cost of
goods
sold

Gross
surplus
Sales and
other
receipts

Value
added
$ Mn. $ Mn. $ Mn. $ Mn. $ Mn. $ Mn.
Wholesale
trade		 2000 19 481 67 051 50 985 7,668 9,542 146,333 4,613 168,156 12,545
1999 19 358 70 247 52 510 8,219 9,905 132,642 5,441 156,206 13,789
% change +0.6 -4.5 -2.9 -6.7 -3.7 +10.3 -15.2 +7.7 -9.0
Retail
trade		 2000 49 173 193 764 135 288 18,428 39,902 144,692 10,357 213,380 28,752
1999 47 841 188 371 128 617 17,725 37,179 142,281 9,072 206,258 27,094
% change +2.8 +2.9 +5.2 +4.0 +7.3 +1.7 +14.2 +3.5 +6.1
Import/
export
trade		 2000 94 197 490 780 452 641 106,785 173,832 1,577,809 114,074 1,972,499 225,359
1999 91 680 477 750 436 285 98,150 168,852 1,503,989 97,157 1,868,148 198,618
% change +2.7 +2.7 +3.7 +8.8 +2.9 +4.9 +17.4 +5.6 +13.5
Restaurants 2000 10 532 209 040 197 798 22,420 22,001 23,514 3,496 71,431 25,905
1999 10 001 203 475 193 332 22,145 20,859 22,876 3,372 69,251 25,517
% change +5.3 +2.7 +2.3 +1.2 +5.5 +2.8 +3.7 +3.1 +1.5
Hotels/
boarding
houses		 2000 757 28 252 27 566 5,262 7,209 1,807 2,360 16,637 9,648
1999 809 27 602 26 852 5,062 7,171 1,729 615 14,577 7,870
% change -6.5 +2.4 +2.7 +3.9 +0.5 +4.5 +283.6 +14.1 +22.6
Total 2000 174 140 988 886 864 278 160,563 252,486 1,894,154 134,900 2,442,103 302,209
1999 169 689 967 444 837 595 151,300 243,966 1,803,517 115,657 2,314,440 272,888
% change +2.6 +2.2 +3.2 +6.1 +3.5 +5.0 +16.6 +5.5 +10.7


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)
 Cost of goods sold is given by deducting the value of purchases of goods for sale by changes in stocks.
(4)
 The underlined figures were rounded up to 5.
(5)
 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 2000 Annual Survey of Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels".

Last updated : 19 February 2002