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Title	Preliminary Results of the Survey of Business Activities in 2019
Date	2020-12-15
□ In 2019, the number of survey target enterprises was 13,255 entities, rising by 0.8% from 13,144 entities in 2018. □ In 2019, the annual sales of survey target enterprises (excluding 'Financial and Insurance Activities') marked 2,440 trillion won, falling by 0.6% from 2,454 trillion won in 2018. □ Among survey target enterprises, 5,695 enterprises operated subsidiaries. Among them, 3,247 enterprises operated subsidiaries overseas, which increased by 1.0% from 3,214 enterprises in 2018. □ The research and development expenditures (excluding 'Financial and Insurance Activities') amounted to 60.1 trillion won in 2019, which increased by 2.6% from 58.6 trillion won in 2018. □ The enterprises oursourcing their business amounted to 9,527 enterprises, which occupied 71.9% of the total survey target enterprises. □ Among survey target enterprises, 1,711 enterprises (12.9% of enterprises) developed and utilized the 4th industrial revolution-related technologies. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.
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