Comparison of Selected Principal Statistics for All Establishments in
the Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels Sector between 2000 and 2001

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		 2001 19 074 67 722 50 836 8,232 9,774 139,949 5,150 163,105 13,596
2000 19 481 67 051 50 985 7,668 9,542 146,333 4,613 168,156 12,545
% change -2.1 +1.0 -0.3 +7.4 +2.4 -4.4 +11.6 -3.0 +8.4
Retail
trade		 2001 49 680 194 872 135 161 18,287 40,200 139,015 8,995 206,497 27,385
2000 49 173 193 764 135 288 18,428 39,902 144,692 10,357 213,380 28,752
% change +1.0 +0.6 -0.1 -0.8 +0.7 -3.9 -13.2 -3.2 -4.8
Import/
export
trade		 2001 89 439 466 543 433 563 104,627 170,917 1,491,821 115,889 1,883,254 227,200
2000 94 197 490 780 452 641 106,785 173,832 1,577,809 114,074 1,972,499 225,359
% change -5.1 -4.9 -4.2 -2.0 -1.7 -5.4 +1.6 -4.5 +0.8
Restaurants 2001 11 553 211 777 200 044 21,349 21,562 22,189 2,227 67,326 23,660
2000 10 532 209 040 197 798 22,420 22,001 23,514 3,496 71,431 25,905
% change +9.7 +1.3 +1.1 -4.8 -2.0 -5.6 -36.3 -5.7 -8.7
Hotels/
boarding
houses		 2001 692 26 188 25 473 5,071 6,230 1,647 2,126 15,075 8,709
2000 757 28 252 27 566 5,262 7,209 1,807 2,360 16,637 9,648
% change -8.6 -7.3 -7.6 -3.6 -13.6 -8.8 -9.9 -9.4 -9.7
Total 2001 170 437 967 101 845 076 157,566 248,682 1,794,620 134,388 2,335,256 300,550
2000 174 140 988 886 864 278 160,563 252,486 1,894,154 134,900 2,442,103 302,209
% change -2.1 -2.2 -2.2 -1.9 -1.5 -5.3 -0.4 -4.4 -0.5


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)
 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 2001 Annual Survey of Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels".

Last updated : 23 December 2002