Commercial Banks' Loans and Advances on Major Economic Activities, 2001 to 2007

Values in $EC
Sectors	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Agriculture	35,285	30,182	29,352	28,498	26,516	25,943	30,671
Fisheries	5,843	4,729	5,157	4,873	5,007	4,518	5,224
Mining & Quarrying	1,245	3,893	3,919	3,668	4,962	8,479	7,555
Manufacturing	52,567	52,974	50,318	46,896	54,941	67,288	54,706
Public Utilities	31,351	37,522	22,343	21,713	20,661	42,495	114,345
Construction and Land Development	99,928	110,900	101,419	108,482	121,765	166,394	243,966
Distributive Trades	198,921	214,045	197,788	195,163	227,717	236,185	239,379
Tourism	152,845	190,200	176,027	204,091	270,901	473,688	756,039
Entertainment & Catering	19,763	21,992	22,737	19,255	22,868	32,341	37,880
Transportation & Storage	48,955	33,211	27,970	24,029	50,153	88,822	112,367
Financial Institutions	9,503	15,226	26,899	17,196	43,093	42,004	37,767
Professional and other Services	134,448	135,891	124,975	168,218	218,535	369,995	505,727
Government Services	125,484	112,331	67,481	102,487	149,916	154,853	215,734
Personal	793,094	758,118	799,923	863,147	957,545	1,028,207	1,149,438
Acquisition of Property	319,506	325,695	343,831	413,384	464,950	503,289	513,102
House & Land Purchases	149,820	148,383	163,987	194,219	244,917	265,684	218,639
Durable Consumer Goods	90,067	63,861	64,755	80,512	109,669	138,896	187,887
Other Personal Loans	383,521	368,562	391,337	369,251	382,926	386,022	448,449
Total Loans & Advances and Overdrafts	1,709,232	1,721,214	1,656,308	1,807,716	2,174,580	2,732,733	3,510,798
N.B. Format for this table has changed
Source: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank