The transport equipment sub-sector contributes the most of the sector’s operating receipts and valued added.

Type Of Retail Trade
Sub-Sector Highlights
Sub-Sector Snapshot
Business Costs
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Type Of Retail Trade

• Retailers in this sub-sector deal in transport equipment which comprises:
  
  
  • motor vehicles (including parts and accessories) and petrol service stations
  • other transport equipment such as bicycles, boats and baby carriages

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Sub-Sector Highlights

• The transport equipment sub-sector, compared to other sub-sectors:
  
  
  • hires the most number of workers on a per establishment basis
  • contributes the most to the sector’s operating receipts
  • contributes the most to the sector’s value added
  • has the highest “retail sales per square metre of floor area”
  • has the highest “average annual remuneration per employee”
  • has the highest “value added per worker”

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Sub-Sector Snapshot

Facts & Figures (2005)
Number of Establishments	1,442
Number of Workers	12,920
Operating Receipts	S$15.3 billion
Operating Expenditure	S$14.6 billion
Operating Surplus	S$715 million
Value Added	S$1.2 billion
Profitability Ratio (%)	4.7%
Average Annual Remuneration per Employee	S$40,400
Retail Sales per Square Metre of Floor Area	S$20,700

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Business Costs

Type Of Cost	% Of Cost (2005)
Goods Purchases	61.2%
Government Taxes & Fees	29.7%