The Census & Statistics Department has launched five annual economic surveys for 2007 covering key Hong Kong sectors.

The surveys cover:

* industrial production;

* building, construction and real estate;

* wholesale, retail and import and export trades, restaurants and hotels;

* transport and related services; and

* storage, communication, banking, financing, insurance and business services.

These reports contain statistics on the operating characteristics and structure of different economic sectors for 2007, including number of establishments and persons engaged; sales of goods, business receipts and other income; compensation of employees; operating expenses; gross surplus; value added; and gross additions to fixed assets.

The reports also contain summary statistics for 2005 and 2006.

The publications are available for free downloading here.

After a review, the department decided to stop producing print versions starting with the 2007 edition.