24-49  Establishments Having Ordered or Purchased, Received, Sold or Delivered Goods, Services or
Information through Electronic Means by Industry Sector/Employment Size, 2002 - 2004
		Number of	Among establishments in column (a),% of
		Establish-	establishments having performed the following types
Industry Sector/Employment Size	Year	ments	of business transactions through electronic means
		(a)	Order or	Receipt	Sale	Delivery
			Purchase
Industry Sector
Manufacturing, Electricity and Gas	2002	20402	6.1	34.3	1.8	7.4
	2003	17275	6.0	45.6	1.6	13.5
	2004	17481	8.7	53.6	1.8	16.4
Construction	2002	22959	2.1	38.5		2.4
	2003	25147	9.8	38.4		9.1
	2004	22869	6.7	44.3		7.3
Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export	2002	171508	6.1	46.6	1.2	12.1
Trades, Restaurants and Hotels	2003	165855	8.7	53.6	1.2	14.4
	2004	165582	11.6	55.3	1.1	14.2
Transport, Storage and Communications	2002	36849	1.8	25.4	0.6	7.0
	2003	37220	4.3	35.1	0.5	6.6
	2004	36310	3.6	31.6	0.4	6.6
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and	2002	50784	15.5	67.9	4.3	18.6
Business Services	2003	48865	19.1	67.9	1.6	15.6
	2004	48630	22.4	72.9	2.9	26.0
Community, Social and Personal	2002	30781	9.2	35.4	0.1	17.5
Services	2003	34829	7.9	43.4	1.0	17.6
	2004	35257	11.0	42.5	1.1	19.2
Overall	2002	333283	7.1	45.2	1.5	12.1
	2003	329191	9.6	51.0	1.1	13.6
	2004	326128	11.7	53.0	1.3	15.3
Employment Size
Large	2002	6063	28.6	80.7	6.5	61.3
	2003	5836	27.9	84.7	8.5	62.6
	2004	6405	32.0	88.1	6.2	67.9
Medium	2002	38300	12.0	67.6	1.9	31.8
	2003	35125	15.4	76.2	2.3	32.7
	2004	35060	23.2	76.7	2.6	40.1
Small	2002	288921	6.0	41.4	1.3	8.4
	2003	288231	8.5	47.2	0.8	10.3
	2004	284663	9.9	49.3	1.0	11.0
Overall	2002	333283	7.1	45.2	1.5	12.1
	2003	329191	9.6	51.0	1.1	13.6
	2004	326128	11.7	53.0	1.3	15.3
Note : Figures are based on the Annual Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration in the Business Sector conducted during April to
June in 2002, and May to August in 2003 and 2004.