22-27 INDICATORS OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS INDUSTRIES (1997)
(HK＄ million) (unless otherwise specified)
Major Industry Group	Number of	Number of	Number of	Compensa-	Operating	Total Value of		Sales and	Gross	Value	Gross	Floor Area
	Establish-	Persons	Employees	tion of	Expenses	Purchases of	Changes in	Other	Margin	Added	Additions to	(thousand
	ments	Engaged		Employees		Goods for Sale	Stocks	Receipts			Fixed Assets	sq.m.)
	(unit)	(person)	(person)
All Establishments (Except Government and Non-profit Institutions)
Wholesale	22482	75029	54371	8311	11107	165263	775	190701	25678	15760	2066	1816
Retail	53502	244255	170658	22467	51105	196684	2689	283341	87136	38409	4105	5160
Import/Export	97994	515515	468953	103055	210264	1963486	4861	2387898	404294	232828	22867	15924
Restaurants	10201	204088	194522	23077	22313	24339	120	74035	-	27641	2821	2218
Hotels and Boarding Houses	1111	35738	34780	6446	8667	2123	16	21569	-	13051	925	2534
Sub-total	185291	1074625	923284	163357	303458	2351895	8461	2957544	517108	327689	32784	27652
Government and Non-profit Institutions
Wholesale and Retail Trades	6	633	633	102	42	78	-2	236	129	96	1	56
Restaurants and Boarding Houses	24	1204	1204	198	139	32	#	502	-	322	13	172
Sub-total	30	1837	1837	299	180	111	-2	738	129	419	14	228
Total	185321	1076462	925121	163657	303638	2352006	8459	2958282	517237	328108	32798	27880
Notes: Gross margin was not compiled for restaurants, hotels and boarding houses.
# Figures within ±＄0.5 million.

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