24-50  Establishments Having Ordered or Purchased, Received, Sold or Delivered Goods, Services or Information through Electronic Means by Industry Sector/Employment Size
Industry Sector/Employment Size			Among establishments in column (a),% of
		Number	establishments having performed the following types
	Year	of	of business transactions through electronic means
		Establishments	Order or
		(a)	Purchase	Receipt	Sale	Delivery
Industry Sector
Manufacturing, Electricity and Gas	2004	17481	8.7	53.6	1.8	16.4
	2005	14624	11.1	43.5	2.1	10.4
	2006	14830	10.5	40.4	1.7	10.3
Construction	2004	22869	6.7	44.3	0#	7.3
	2005	21085	8.8	45.7	0.1	8.2
	2006	19093	6.4	47.9	0.1	2.5
Wholesale, Retail and Import and	2004	165582	11.6	55.3	1.1	14.2
Export Trades, Restaurants and	2005	165420	18.4	55.7	2.5	17.5
Hotels	2006	154592	13.0	53.4	2.0	19.4
Transport, Storage and Communications	2004	36310	3.6	31.6	0.4	6.6
	2005	34729	3.5	28.0	0.8	5.4
	2006	30026	4.4	33.6	0.6	7.1
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and	2004	48630	22.4	72.9	2.9	26.0
Business Services	2005	46649	22.5	75.1	2.0	21.7
	2006	43764	14.3	85.5	2.2	25.0
Community, Social and Personal	2004	35257	11.0	42.5	1.1	19.2
Services	2005	31424	8.1	36.6	0.2	16.4
	2006	34980	12.5	49.9	0.4	24.6
Overall	2004	326128	11.7	53.0	1.3	15.3
	2005	313931	15.4	52.3	1.8	15.7
	2006	297286	11.7	54.7	1.5	18.0
Employment Size
Large	2004	6405	32.0	88.1	6.2	67.9
	2005	6053	31.5	90.1	6.4	72.4
	2006	6052	33.4	95.1	7.7	75.0
Medium	2004	35060	23.2	76.7	2.6	40.1
	2005	32583	26.0	79.0	2.8	34.9
	2006	34659	23.1	78.2	1.4	37.5
Small	2004	284663	9.9	49.3	1.0	11.0
	2005	275295	13.7	48.4	1.6	12.2
	2006	256574	9.7	50.6	1.4	14.1
Overall	2004	326128	11.7	53.0	1.3	15.3
	2005	313931	15.4	52.3	1.8	15.7
	2006	297286	11.7	54.7	1.5	18.0
Notes : Figures are based on the Annual Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration in the Business Sector conducted during May to
August in  2004, April to August in 2005 and May to August in 2006.