The following table showsthe number of businesses in Scotland that trade online from 2001-03 calculated from theresults of annual e-business surveys carried out by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands andIslands Enterprise since 2001. 2001 2002 2003 Business with websites that allow customers to order products and services online. 23,191 31,688 20,938 Businesses that order products and services online from suppliers 35,138 48,647 48,657 These figures werecalculated by multiplying the proportion of businesses that trade onlinereported in the survey by the number of registered enterprises in Scotland.The figures are subject to normal statistical and sampling variation.The full survey results areavailable at Scottish Enterprise’s website at http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/sedotcom_home/sig/ebusiness-suppliers/software_publications_research/sebs2003.htm.Figures for earlier yearsare not available on a comparable basis.