Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS
MAY/2008 No. 5
The value of total exports of goods amounted to MOP1.66 billion in May 2008, down by 7.1% year- on-year; the value of domestic exports decreased by 10.0% to MOP975 million, and that of re-exports dropped by 2.5% to MOP687 million. The value of total imports of goods amounted to MOP3.59 billion, down by 2.7% year-on-year.A trade deficit of MOP1.92 billion was recorded for May 2008.
From January to May 2008, the total exports of goods fell by 8.6% year-on-year to MOP7.02 billion, of which the value of domestic exports and re-exports went down by 8.8% and 8.3% respectively.
Meanwhile, total imports of goods grew by 7.9% to MOP17.76 billion over the same period of 2007.
In the first five months of 2008, a trade deficit of MOP10.74 billion was registered. The exports/imports ratio decreased from 46.7% in the first five months of 2007 to 39.5% in the same period of 2008.
Table 1
PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
1 000 MOP
2007 2008 Year-on-year %
Principal indicators
May Jan. – May May Jan. – May May Jan. – May Exports 1 788 390 7 680 880 1 662 191 7 021 991 -7.1 -8.6 Domestic exports 1 082 998 4 783 979 974 785 4 364 688 -10.0 -8.8
Re-exports 705 392 2 896 901 687 406 2 657 303 -2.5 -8.3
Imports 3 685 934 16 461 823 3 585 960 17 758 269 -2.7 7.9 Trade balance (Exp.-
Imp.) -1 897 544 -8 780 943 -1 923 769 -10 736 278 -1.4 -22.3
Exports/Imports ratio
(%) 48.5 46.7 46.4 39.5 .. ..
Note: Due to rounding, the total may not correspond to the sum of the partial figures.
.. Not applicable
The value of Textile & garment exports in the first five months of 2008 reduced by 13.2% year-on- year to account for 59.1% of the total exports; moreover, the value of Non-textile exports decreased slightly by 1.0%, of which exports of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof and Footwear slid by 48.4% and 51.0% respectively, while exports of Image & sound appliances rose by 70.9%.
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Table 2
EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
1 000 MOP 2007 2008 Principal commodity
Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 7 680 880 100.0 7 021 991 100.0 -8.6
Textile and garment 4 781 856 62.3 4 150 707 59.1 -13.2
Garment, knitted or crocheted 2 665 204 34.7 2 237 836 31.9 -16.0
Garment, not knitted or crocheted 1 464 958 19.1 1 572 729 22.4 7.4
Textile fabrics 491 207 6.4 232 235 3.3 -52.7
Textile yarn and thread 127 899 1.7 82 903 1.2 -35.2
Others 32 588 0.4 25 004 0.4 -23.3
Non-textile 2 899 024 37.7 2 871 284 40.9 -1.0
Machines and apparatus, 1 113 160 14.5 574 154 8.2 -48.4
parts and accessories thereof
Footwear 167 187 2.2 81 959 1.2 -51.0
Image and sound appliances 28 294 0.4 48 365 0.7 70.9
Others 1 590 382 20.7 2 166 806 30.9 36.2
Note: Due to rounding, the total may not correspond to the sum of the partial figures.
Among the major destinations of Macao’s exports, the USA and the EU together absorbed 53.3% of the total exports of goods in the first five months of 2008. The value of exports to the USA, accounting for 42.7% of the total, dropped by 4.0% year-on-year; meanwhile, the value of exports to the EU declined by 37.8% to take up 10.6% of the total. As regards the Asian region, value of exports to Mainland China decreased by 39.9% whereas that to Hong Kong rose by 26.1%.
Table 3
EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY / TERRITORY
1 000 MOP 2007 2008 Main country /
territory Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 7 680 880 100.0 7 021 991 100.0 -8.6
EU 1 192 179 15.5 741 257 10.6 -37.8
Of which:
Germany 432 841 5.6 299 651 4.3 -30.8
United Kingdom 256 687 3.3 138 300 2.0 -46.1
France 199 529 2.6 91 001 1.3 -54.4
Italy 62 821 0.8 51 969 0.7 -17.3
USA 3 120 056 40.6 2 996 619 42.7 -4.0
Hong Kong 987 097 12.9 1 244 507 17.7 26.1
Mainland China 1 427 426 18.6 857 875 12.2 -39.9
Japan 102 048 1.3 85 853 1.2 -15.9
Taiwan, China 69 618 0.9 84 080 1.2 20.8
Australia 9 478 0.1 15 732 0.2 66.0
Others 772 978 10.1 996 068 14.2 28.9
Note: Due to rounding, the total may not correspond to the sum of the partial figures.
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In the first five months of 2008, the value of total imports of goods grew by 7.9% year-on-year. In terms of broad economic categories, the value of imports of Fuels & lubricants and Consumer goods expanded by 27.0% and 25.8% respectively, but that of Raw materials & semi-manufactures and Capital goods decreased by 13.0% and 3.5% respectively.
Table 4
IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
1 000 MOP 2007 2008 Broad economic
category Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 16 461 823 100.0 17 758 269 100.0 7.9
Consumer goods 6 215 531 37.8 7 818 639 44.0 25.8
Raw materials and 4 814 298 29.2 4 188 942 23.6 -13.0
semi-manufactures
Fuels and lubricants 1 673 228 10.2 2 124 497 12.0 27.0
Capital goods 3 758 766 22.8 3 626 191 20.4 -3.5
Note: Due to rounding, the total may not correspond to the sum of the partial figures.
The value of imports of Consumer goods not elsewhere specified (69.8% of the total imports of Consumer goods) registered a year-on-year increase of 30.3%. Among them, the value of imports of durable consumer goods (e.g. jewellery and watches) rose by 69.6%, non-durable consumer goods (e.g. tobacco and skin-care products) by 15.1% and semi-durable consumer goods (e.g. clothing and footwear) by 12.9%.
Table 5
IMPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS
1 000 MOP 2007 2008 Principal category
of consumer goods Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 6 215 531 100.0 7 818 639 100.0 25.8
Household consumption (food and beverages)
1 512 840 24.3 1 740 486 22.3 15.0
Passenger motor cars
& motorcycles
510 238 8.2 617 334 7.9 21.0
Consumer goods not elsewhere specified
4 192 452 67.5 5 460 818 69.8 30.3
Durable consumer goods 1 232 336 19.8 2 090 006 26.7 69.6
Semi-durable consumer goods 1 646 114 26.5 1 858 443 23.8 12.9
Non-durable consumer goods 1 314 002 21.1 1 512 369 19.3 15.1
Note: Due to rounding, the total may not correspond to the sum of the partial figures.
Within the imports of Raw materials & semi-manufactures, the value of textile materials imports (26.1% of the total) fell by 32.7% year-on-year whereas construction materials (29.1%) increased by 34.7%.
Table 6
IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS &
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
1 000 MOP 2007 2008 Principal category of raw
materials & semi-manufactures Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 4 814 298 100.0 4 188 942 100.0 -13.0
Textile materials 1 623 298 33.7 1 092 156 26.1 -32.7
Construction materials 905 802 18.8 1 219 939 29.1 34.7
Raw materials and semi-manufactures 259 908 5.4 249 908 6.0 -3.8
for furskins, paper and plastics
Other products 2 025 289 42.1 1 626 939 38.8 -19.7
Note: Due to rounding, the total may not correspond to the sum of the partial figures.
The main suppliers of imported goods to Macao concentrated in the Asian region. The value of imports from Mainland China and Hong Kong, comprising 51.3% of the total imports in the first five months of 2008, rose by 3.4% and 14.7% respectively year-on-year. In addition, the value of imports from the EU grew by 3.0%, while that from the USA dropped by 17.8%.
Table 7
IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY / TERRITORY
1 000 MOP 2007 2008 Main country /
territory Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 16 461 823 100.0 17 758 269 100.0 7.9
EU 2 706 275 16.4 2 786 535 15.7 3.0
Of which:
France 658 705 4.0 816 471 4.6 24.0
Germany 823 349 5.0 497 377 2.8 -39.6
Italy 275 199 1.7 360 276 2.0 30.9
United Kingdom 285 107 1.7 303 735 1.7 6.5
USA 963 040 5.9 792 046 4.5 -17.8
Mainland China 7 010 731 42.6 7 247 329 40.8 3.4
Hong Kong 1 627 124 9.9 1 865 724 10.5 14.7
Japan 1 433 129 8.7 1 652 444 9.3 15.3
Taiwan, China 576 020 3.5 605 850 3.4 5.2
Republic of Korea 261 483 1.6 191 945 1.1 -26.6
Australia 325 839 2.0 199 682 1.1 -38.7
Others 1 558 182 9.5 2 416 714 13.6 55.1
Note: Due to rounding, the total may not correspond to the sum of the partial figures.
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The following statistical tables are available for download from our website
Table 1 − Imports and exports of goods by month
Table 2 − Domestic exports and re-exports of goods by month
Table 3 − Imports by section and division of SITC-Rev. 4, and country/territory of origin Table 4 − Exports by section and division of SITC-Rev. 4, and country/territory of destination Table 5 − Imports by country/territory of origin, and section and division of SITC-Rev. 4 Table 6 − Exports by country/territory of destination and principal commodity
Table 7 − Changes of external merchandise trade
Table 8 − Imports and exports by geographical/economic zone and country/territory
Table 9 − Domestic exports and re-exports by geographical/economic zone and country/territory Table 10 − Imports by broad economic category and country/territory of origin
Table 11 − Exports by principal commodity and country/territory of destination
* Table 12 − Quarterly exports by principal commodity and country/territory of destination
* Table 13 − Quarterly imports by broad economic category and country/territory of origin
* Table 14 − Exports by group of CAM-Rev. 1
* Tables are available in March, June, September and December.
