Comparison of Selected Principal Statistics for All Establishments in
the Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels Sector between 2002 and 2003

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		 2003 16 665 58 445 44 980 6,925 7,198 127,888 4,756 146,767 11,390
2002 17 644 62 132 47 647 7,538 8,521 129,242 5,020 150,320 12,414
% change -5.5 -5.9 -5.6 -8.1 -15.5 -1.0 -5.3 -2.4 -8.2
Retail
trade		 2003 47 364 182 856 127 392 16,054 34,576 130,780 10,239 191,649 26,438
2002 49 013 189 812 130 810 17,509 37,371 133,128 10,554 198,563 27,941
% change -3.4 -3.7 -2.6 -8.3 -7.5 -1.8 -3.0 -3.5 -5.4
Import/
export
trade		 2003 83 042 454 658 417 117 101,679 168,601 1,653,441 132,177 2,055,898 241,111
2002 85 929 452 017 415 729 102,846 159,836 1,488,614 127,697 1,878,994 231,558
% change -3.4 +0.6 +0.3 -1.1 +5.5 +11.1 +3.5 +9.4 +4.1
Restaurants 2003 11 094 179 906 168 029 16,202 16,960 17,920 2,203 53,285 18,417
2002 11 342 195 982 184 114 19,066 20,078 20,366 2,208 61,719 21,263
% change -2.2 -8.2 -8.7 -15.0 -15.5 -12.0 -0.2 -13.7 -13.4
Hotels/
boarding
houses		 2003 653 23 753 23 327 4,156 4,665 1,390 1,979 12,189 6,945
2002 682 25 299 24 566 4,701 5,301 1,501 2,697 14,201 8,343
% change -4.3 -6.1 -5.0 -11.6 -12.0 -7.4 -26.6 -14.2 -16.8
Total 2003 158 818 899 618 780 845 145,015 232,001 1,931,419 151,354 2,459,789 304,301
2002 164 610 925 242 802 866 151,661 231,108 1,772,851 148,177 2,303,797 301,519
% change -3.5 -2.8 -2.7 -4.4 +0.4 +8.9 +2.1 +6.8 +0.9

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 2003 Annual Survey of Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels".

Last updated : 3 December 2004