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ContractsFulfilsFigure 3. Trading brings business to logistics, and logistics fulfils tradingTrading LogisticsIn 2018, the trading and logistics industry generated 21.2% of the value-added component in GDP (Figure 1) and 18.6% of job opportunities for Hong Kong (Figure 2), making it the biggest contributor among the four key industries for the economy, a role it has been playing in the past two decades.Some may ask why trading and logistics, two industries that are different in business nature, are treated as a single sector in most official statistical analyses.Trading is the transaction of goods and products. Logistics refers to the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the movement and storage of goods. Logistics is involved in the last step of the fulfilment of a trading transaction, which is the physical delivery of goods from the seller to the buyer, and therefore forms the backbone of the trading industry. On the other hand, trading transactions are crucial to the logistics operators because they bring goods that keep trucks running and warehouses filled. Thus, trading and logistics form a symbiotic relationship and are essential to each other’s existence (Figure 3).9