The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (April 16) the April 2024 issue of the "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" (HKMDS).
 
     Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains two feature articles entitled "Business Performance and Operating Characteristics of the Transport Industry, 2013 to 2023" and "The Financial Services Sector in Hong Kong".
 
"Business Performance and Operating Characteristics of the Transport Industry, 2013 to 2023"
 
     Transport plays an important role in the sustainable development of an economy. The transportation, storage, postal and courier services sector continues to play a significant role in our economy. In 2022, this sector accounted for 7.5% of the Gross Domestic Product at current basic prices.
 
     This feature article presents statistics on the business performance and operating characteristics of the transport industry in recent years, mainly compiled based on the findings of the Annual Survey of Economic Activities for the period 2013 to 2022. Reference has also been made to the relevant statistics from other sources updated to the year 2023.
 
     For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Logistics and Producer Prices Statistics Section of the C&SD (Tel: 3903 7255; email: transport@censtatd.gov.hk).
 
"The Financial Services Sector in Hong Kong"
 
     Hong Kong is one of the most vibrant international financial centres in the world. The contribution of the financial services sector to Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product increased from 20% in 2007 to 22% in 2022. This feature article presents the operating characteristics and business performance of selected industries in the sector between 2020 and 2022. It also briefly highlights the overall quarterly business performance of selected industries in the sector in 2023.
 
     For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Business Services Statistics Section of the C&SD (Tel: 3903 7266; email: business-services@censtatd.gov.hk).
 
     Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing about 130 tables. It collects up-to-date statistical series on various aspects of the social and economic situation of Hong Kong. Topics include population; labour; external trade; National Income and Balance of Payments; prices; business performance; energy; housing and property; government accounts, finance and insurance; and transport, communications and tourism. For selected key statistical items, over 20 charts depicting the annual trend in the past decade and quarterly or monthly trend in the recent two years are also available. Users can download the Digest at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1010002&scode=460).
 
     Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the Statistical Information Dissemination Section (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).
 

Ends/Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Issued at HKT 16:00

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