Comparison of Selected Principal Statistics for All Establishments in
the Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels Sector between 2001 and 2002

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		 2002 17 644 62 132 47 647 7,538 8,521 129,242 5,020 150,320 12,414
2001 19 074 67 722 50 836 8,232 9,774 139,949 5,150 163,105 13,596
% change -7.5 -8.3 -6.3 -8.4 -12.8 -7.7 -2.5 -7.8 -8.7
Retail
trade		 2002 49 013 189 812 130 810 17,509 37,371 133,128 10,554 198,563 27,941
2001 49 680 194 872 135 161 18,287 40,200 139,015 8,995 206,497 27,385
% change -1.3 -2.6 -3.2 -4.3 -7.0 -4.2 +17.3 -3.8 +2.0
Import/
export
trade		 2002 85 929 452 017 415 729 102,846 159,836 1,488,614 127,697 1,878,994 231,558
2001 89 439 466 543 433 563 104,627 170,917 1,491,821 115,889 1,883,254 227,200
% change -3.9 -3.1 -4.1 -1.7 -6.5 -0.2 +10.2 -0.2 +1.9
Restaurants 2002 11 342 195 982 184 114 19,066 20,078 20,366 2,208 61,719 21,263
2001 11 553 211 777 200 044 21,349 21,562 22,189 2,227 67,326 23,660
% change -1.8 -7.5 -8.0 -10.7 -6.9 -8.2 -0.8 -8.3 -10.1
Hotels/
boarding
houses		 2002 682 25 299 24 566 4,701 5,301 1,501 2,697 14,201 8,343
2001 692 26 188 25 473 5,071 6,230 1,647 2,126 15,075 8,709
% change -1.5 -3.4 -3.6 -7.3 -14.9 -8.8 +26.9 -5.8 -4.2
Total 2002 164 610 925 242 802 866 151,661 231,108 1,772,851 148,177 2,303,797 301,519
2001 170 437 967 101 845 076 157,566 248,682 1,794,620 134,388 2,335,256 300,550
% change -3.4 -4.3 -5.0 -3.7 -7.1 -1.2 +10.3 -1.3 +0.3


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 2002 Annual Survey of Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels".

Last updated : 23 December 2003