Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that a total of 2,210 establishments were operating in the Transport, Storage & Communications Sector in 2009, an increase of 16 from 2008; number of persons engaged totalled 14,748, down by 1%. Total Receipts and Total Expenditure amounted to MOP 14.21 billion and MOP 12.96 billion, down by 9% each year-on-year. Gross Value Added that measures the sectoral contribution to the economy rose by 6% over 2008 to MOP 4.30 billion; meanwhile, Gross Fixed Capital Formation went down by 6% year-on-year to MOP 1.17 billion. In 2009, there were 2,175 establishments operating in the Transport & Storage Sector, an increase of 16 year-on-year; number of persons engaged decreased by 1% to 12,869. There were 1,739 establishments operating in Land Transport (80% of the Transport & Storage Sector); besides, 409 were engaging in Supporting & Auxiliary Transport Activities, with 169 being travel agencies. Attributable to the sluggish world economy in 2009, Total Receipts of the Transport & Storage Sector decreased by 11% over 2008 to MOP 10.56 billion, with those from Passenger Transport (MOP 4.57 billion) and Cargo Transport (MOP 1.12 billion) dropping by 12% and 44% respectively. Meanwhile, Total Expenditure also decreased by 11% year-on-year to MOP 10.56 billion, of which Operating Expenses (MOP 5.36 billion) and Purchase of Goods & Commission Paid (MOP 2.97 billion) fell by 20% and 1% respectively, while Compensation of Employees (MOP 1.92 billion) went up by 5%. However, Gross Value Added (MOP 2.24 billion) and Gross Fixed Capital Formation (MOP 821 million) increased by 3% and 2% respectively over 2008. In 2009, a total of 35 establishments were operating in the Communications Sector, same as that in 2008, and number of persons engaged dropped by 2% to 1,879. Total Receipts of the Communications Sector amounted to MOP 3.64 billion, down by 2% over 2008, of which Receipts from the provision of services and sales of goods stood at MOP 3.15 billion (86% of total), down slightly by 1%. Total Expenditure decreased by 2% year-on-year to MOP 2.40 billion, with Purchase of Goods & Commission Paid (MOP 1.00 billion) and Operating Expenses (MOP 555 million) decreasing by 10% and 16% respectively. Gross Value Added rose by 9% over 2008 to MOP 2.06 billion, while Gross Fixed Capital Formation decreased by 21% to MOP 350 million.
