24-49  Establishments Having Ordered or Purchased, Received, Sold or Delivered Goods, Services or Information through Electronic Means by Industry Sector/Employment Size, 2003 - 2005
Industry Sector/Employment Size
			Among establishments in column (a),% of
			establishments having performed the following types
	Year	Number of	of business transactions through electronic means
		Establish-		Receipt	Sale	Delivery
		ments	Order or
		(a)	Purchase
Industry Sector
Manufacturing, Electricity and Gas	2003	17275	6.0	45.6	1.6	13.5
	2004	17481	8.7	53.6	1.8	16.4
	2005	14624	11.1	43.5	2.1	10.4
Construction	2003	25147	9.8	38.4	0#	9.1
	2004	22869	6.7	44.3	0#	7.3
	2005	21085	8.8	45.7	0.1	8.2
Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export	2003	165855	8.7	53.6	1.2	14.4
Trades, Restaurants and Hotels	2004	165582	11.6	55.3	1.1	14.2
	2005	165420	18.4	55.7	2.5	17.5
Transport, Storage and Communications	2003	37220	4.3	35.1	0.5	6.6
	2004	36310	3.6	31.6	0.4	6.6
	2005	34729	3.5	28.0	0.8	5.4
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and	2003	48865	19.1	67.9	1.6	15.6
Business Services	2004	48630	22.4	72.9	2.9	26.0
	2005	46649	22.5	75.1	2.0	21.7
Community, Social and Personal	2003	34829	7.9	43.4	1.0	17.6
Services	2004	35257	11.0	42.5	1.1	19.2
	2005	31424	8.1	36.6	0.2	16.4
Overall	2003	329191	9.6	51.0	1.1	13.6
	2004	326128	11.7	53.0	1.3	15.3
	2005	313931	15.4	52.3	1.8	15.7
Employment Size
Large	2003	5836	27.9	84.7	8.5	62.6
	2004	6405	32.0	88.1	6.2	67.9
	2005	6053	31.5	90.1	6.4	72.4
Medium	2003	35125	15.4	76.2	2.3	32.7
	2004	35060	23.2	76.7	2.6	40.1
	2005	32583	26.0	79.0	2.8	34.9
Small	2003	288231	8.5	47.2	0.8	10.3
	2004	284663	9.9	49.3	1.0	11.0
	2005	275295	13.7	48.4	1.6	12.2
Overall	2003	329191	9.6	51.0	1.1	13.6
	2004	326128	11.7	53.0	1.3	15.3
	2005	313931	15.4	52.3	1.8	15.7
Note : Figures are based on the Annual Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration in the Business Sector conducted during May to
August in 2003 and 2004, and April to August in 2005.
"0#" Magnitude less than half of the unit employed.