23-50  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 of	establishments having performed the following types
	Year	Establishments	of business transactions through electronic means
			Order or	Receipt	Sale	Delivery
		(a)	Purchase
Industry Sector
Manufacturing, Electricity and Gas	2005	14624	11.1	43.5	2.1	10.4
	2006	14830	10.5	40.4	1.7	10.3
	2007	13941	6.3	53.0	0.5	14.1
Construction	2005	21085	8.8	45.7	0.1	8.2
	2006	19093	6.4	47.9	0.1	2.5
	2007	19499	9.3	45.6		6.5
Wholesale, Retail and Import and	2005	165420	18.4	55.7	2.5	17.5
Export Trades, Restaurants and	2006	154592	13.0	53.4	2.0	19.4
Hotels	2007	154071	10.3	61.9	2.0	21.4
Transport, Storage and Communications	2005	34729	3.5	28.0	0.8	5.4
	2006	30026	4.4	33.6	0.6	7.1
	2007	30804	7.7	35.3	1.1	7.1
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and	2005	46649	22.5	75.1	2.0	21.7
Business Services	2006	43764	14.3	85.5	2.2	25.0
	2007	48960	19.9	79.0	4.1	22.6
Community, Social and Personal	2005	31424	8.1	36.6	0.2	16.4
Services	2006	34980	12.5	49.9	0.4	24.6
	2007	33999	11.0	42.5	0.3	16.4
Overall	2005	313931	15.4	52.3	1.8	15.7
	2006	297286	11.7	54.7	1.5	18.0
	2007	301274	11.4	58.3	1.8	18.3
Employment Size
Large	2005	6053	31.5	90.1	6.4	72.4
	2006	6052	33.4	95.1	7.7	75.0
	2007	6271	35.0	93.0	7.3	75.0
Medium	2005	32583	26.0	79.0	2.8	34.9
	2006	34659	23.1	78.2	1.4	37.5
	2007	33039	21.1	80.4	3.0	39.8
Small	2005	275295	13.7	48.4	1.6	12.2
	2006	256574	9.7	50.6	1.4	14.1
	2007	261964	9.6	54.7	1.5	14.2
Overall	2005	313931	15.4	52.3	1.8	15.7
	2006	297286	11.7	54.7	1.5	18.0
	2007	301274	11.4	58.3	1.8	18.3
Note: Figures are based on the Annual Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration in the Business Sector conducted during
April to August in  2005, May to August in 2006 and May to August in 2007.