24-50  Establishments having Ordered or Purchased, Received, Sold or Delivered Goods, Services or Information through Electronic Means by Industry Grouping/Employment Size
Industry Grouping/Employment Size	Year		Among establishments in column (a),% of
		Number	establishments having performed the following types
		of	of business transactions through electronic means
		Establish-
		ments	Order or	Receipt	Sale	Delivery
			Purchase
Industry Grouping
Manufacturing, electricity, gas and	2007	13615	5.6	51.2	0.1	13.2
waste management	2008	14686	7.4	46.4	0.2	12.6
	2009	11917	8.9	59.2	1.2	15.1
Construction	2007	19499	9.3	45.6		6.5
	2008	20355	6.4	46.6	§	6.7
	2009	20646	5.1	46.6	0.1	4.9
Import/export, wholesale and retail	2007	140767	11.0	65.7	2.0	22.7
	2008	147239	12.6	65.5	1.2	22.5
	2009	145883	12.6	65.0	0.8	23.5
Transportation, storage, postal and	2007	28659	5.0	31.8	0.3	4.9
courier services	2008	30789	5.1	29.6	0.2	5.3
	2009	28025	3.9	39.8	0.9	5.6
Accommodation and food services	2007	12070	2.1	14.2	1.5	8.3
	2008	12397	0.4	18.2	0.5	8.0
	2009	11444	2.9	11.0	0.7	7.2
Information and communications	2007	8837	34.0	96.5	8.0	41.6
	2008	9398	34.4	90.8	8.0	51.1
	2009	8830	38.1	94.8	8.7	56.1
Financing and insurance, real estate,	2007	47633	16.9	74.8	3.4	18.4
professional and business services	2008	42640	28.0	77.7	2.5	24.2
	2009	43353	25.5	75.0	4.4	25.8
Social and personal services	2007	30195	11.6	40.9	0.2	17.1
	2008	30397	9.1	51.4	0.3	18.7
	2009	30295	8.2	51.5	0.2	15.5
Overall	2007	301274	11.4	58.3	1.8	18.3
	2008	307900	13.2	58.9	1.3	19.4
	2009	300393	12.9	60.1	1.5	20.1
Employment Size
Large	2007	6295	35.0	93.1	7.4	75.1
	2008	6333	31.1	94.0	6.8	75.4
	2009	6146	41.2	93.8	9.2	75.7
Medium	2007	33016	21.1	80.4	3.0	39.7
	2008	35622	22.0	83.6	2.0	45.5
	2009	29394	24.9	84.7	5.1	46.2
Small	2007	261964	9.6	54.7	1.5	14.2
	2008	265945	11.6	54.8	1.0	14.6
	2009	264853	11.0	56.5	0.9	15.9
Overall	2007	301274	11.4	58.3	1.8	18.3
	2008	307900	13.2	58.9	1.3	19.4
	2009	300393	12.9	60.1	1.5	20.1
Notes : Figures for 2007 refer to May-Aug of 2007, whereas figures for 2008 and 2009 refer to May-Sep of the respective years. Starting from the
reference year of 2009, the statistics are compiled based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) Version 2.0 and the
series has been backcasted to 2007.