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	Year		Among establishments in column (a),% of
		Number	establishments having performed the following types
		of	of business transactions through electronic means
		Establish-	Order or	Receipt	Sale	Delivery
		ments
		(a)	Purchase
Industry Sector
Manufacturing, Electricity and Gas	2006	14830	10.5	40.4	1.7	10.3
	2007	13941	6.3	53.0	0.5	14.1
	2008	16559	8.1	50.4	2.2	18.4
Construction	2006	19093	6.4	47.9	0.1	2.5
	2007	19499	9.3	45.6		6.5
	2008	20355	6.4	46.6	0#	6.7
Wholesale, Retail and Import and	2006	154592	13.0	53.4	2.0	19.4
Export Trades, Restaurants and	2007	154071	10.3	61.9	2.0	21.4
Hotels	2008	160717	11.6	62.0	1.2	21.8
Transport, Storage and Communications	2006	30026	4.4	33.6	0.6	7.1
	2007	30804	7.7	35.3	1.1	7.1
	2008	32636	6.8	33.2	0.6	7.7
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and	2006	43764	14.3	85.5	2.2	25.0
Business Services	2007	48960	19.9	79.0	4.1	22.6
	2008	42903	29.7	80.8	3.1	26.4
Community, Social and Personal	2006	34980	12.5	49.9	0.4	24.6
Services	2007	33999	11.0	42.5	0.3	16.4
	2008	34730	12.2	52.9	0.2	18.9
Overall	2006	297286	11.7	54.7	1.5	18.0
	2007	301274	11.4	58.3	1.8	18.3
	2008	307900	13.2	58.9	1.3	19.4
Employment Size
Large	2006	6052	33.4	95.1	7.7	75.0
	2007	6271	35.0	93.0	7.3	75.0
	2008	6296	31.1	94.0	6.8	75.3
Medium	2006	34659	23.1	78.2	1.4	37.5
	2007	33039	21.1	80.4	3.0	39.8
	2008	35659	22.0	83.7	2.0	45.6
Small	2006	256574	9.7	50.6	1.4	14.1
	2007	261964	9.6	54.7	1.5	14.2
	2008	265945	11.6	54.8	1.0	14.6
Overall	2006	297286	11.7	54.7	1.5	18.0
	2007	301274	11.4	58.3	1.8	18.3
	2008	307900	13.2	58.9	1.3	19.4
Note : Figures are based on the Annual Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration in the Business Sector conducted during
May to August in 2006, 2007 and 2008.