Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS
DECEMBER/2010 No. 12
The value of total merchandise export for December 2010 decreased by 20.6% year-on-year to MOP540 million, with value of domestic exports rising by 1.2% to MOP202 million, but that of re-exports falling by 29.7% to MOP338 million. The value of total merchandise import amounted to MOP4.55 billion, up notably by 25.8% year-on-year. A trade deficit of MOP4.01 billion was recorded for December 2010.
In the fourth quarter of 2010, total value of merchandise export (MOP1.67 billion) dropped by 11.9%
year-on-year, but that of merchandise import (MOP12.36 billion) rose by 20.4%, resulting in a trade deficit of MOP10.68 billion.
Merchandise export of Macao remained sluggish in 2010; value of total merchandise export fell by 9.3% year-on-year to MOP6.96 billion, of which value of domestic exports and re-exports declined by 19.6%
and 2.8% respectively. Value of total merchandise import rebounded to 2007-level, up by 19.6% from 2009 to MOP44.12 billion.
Merchandise trade deficit widened by 27.1% year-on-year to MOP37.16 billion in 2010; the exports/imports ratio which reflects import and export trade balance situation was 15.8%, down by 5.0 percentage points year-on-year. For the whole year of 2010, total value of merchandise import and export stood at MOP51.08 billion, up by 14.6% compared with MOP44.57 billion in 2009.
TABLE 1 － PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
’000 MOP
2009 2010 Year-on-year %
Principal indicator
Dec. Q4 Jan. – Dec. Dec. Q4 Jan. – Dec. Dec. Q4 Jan. – Dec.
Exports 680 415 1 900 627 7 672 540 540 239 1 673 924 6 959 953 -20.6 -11.9 -9.3 Domestic exports 199 958 575 683 2 971 100 202 311 627 944 2 389 790 1.2 9.1 -19.6 Re-exports 480 458 1 324 944 4 701 440 337 928 1 045 980 4 570 162 -29.7 -21.1 -2.8 Imports 3 616 961 10 260 740 36 901 985 4 548 364 12 357 091 44 118 398 25.8 20.4 19.6 Trade balance (Exp. – Imp.) -2 936 546 -8 360 113 -29 229 445 -4 008 125 -10 683 167 -37 158 445 -36.5 -27.8 -27.1
Exports/Imports ratio (%) 18.8 18.5 20.8 11.9 13.5 15.8 .. .. ..
.. Not applicable
Exports of Textile & garment amounted to MOP1.63 billion, posting a decrease of 34.1% year-on- year to account for merely 23.4% of total merchandise export in 2010; however, value of Non-textile exports (MOP5.33 billion) increased by 2.5%, with that of Tobacco & wine and Copper & articles thereof rising notably by 47.6% and 40.5% respectively, but value of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof dropping by 28.3%.
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TABLE 2 － EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Commodity
Jan. – Dec. Structure % Jan. – Dec. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 7 672 540 100.0 6 959 953 100.0 -9.3
Textile and garment 2 469 878 32.2 1 627 268 23.4 -34.1
Of which:
Garment, knitted or crocheted 1 282 635 16.7 755 146 10.8 -41.1
Garment, not knitted or crocheted 819 290 10.7 559 140 8.0 -31.8
Textile fabrics 221 965 2.9 189 136 2.7 -14.8
Textile yarn and thread 116 940 1.5 96 903 1.4 -17.1
Non-textile 5 202 662 67.8 5 332 684 76.6 2.5
Of which:
Jewellery 753 716 9.8 736 758 10.6 -2.2
Tobacco and wine 318 588 4.2 470 328 6.8 47.6
Machines and apparatus,
parts and accessories thereof 626 170 8.2 448 997 6.5 -28.3
Copper and articles thereof 266 193 3.5 374 094 5.4 40.5
Clocks and watches 312 215 4.1 352 280 5.1 12.8
Articles for casino 378 259 4.9 286 494 4.1 -24.3
Analyzed by destination of exported goods, value of merchandise export to Hong Kong (MOP3.00 billion) and Mainland China (MOP1.10 billion) in 2010 slid by 0.4% and 1.4% respectively year-on-year, and that to the USA (MOP782 million) and the EU (MOP409 million) dropped substantially by 40.2% and 35.2%
respectively.
TABLE 3 － EXPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Country / territory
Jan. – Dec. Structure % Jan. – Dec. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 7 672 540 100.0 6 959 953 100.0 -9.3
Hong Kong 3 014 637 39.3 3 002 558 43.1 -0.4
Mainland China 1 117 488 14.6 1 102 357 15.8 -1.4
USA 1 308 258 17.1 782 062 11.2 -40.2
EU 631 263 8.2 409 357 5.9 -35.2
Of which:
Germany 295 815 3.9 142 645 2.0 -51.8
France 88 086 1.1 71 943 1.0 -18.3
United Kingdom 103 193 1.3 64 381 0.9 -37.6
Italy 17 002 0.2 15 459 0.2 -9.1
Vietnam 178 270 2.3 188 233 2.7 5.6
Taiwan, China 160 656 2.1 175 916 2.5 9.5
Japan 105 730 1.4 109 478 1.6 3.5
Mexico 82 774 1.1 94 924 1.4 14.7
Singapore 47 208 0.6 72 628 1.0 53.8
Others 1 026 256 13.4 1 022 440 14.7 -0.4
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In 2010, total value of merchandise import increased by 19.6% year-on-year. In terms of Broad Economic Categories, value of imports of Consumer goods (MOP26.24 billion), Capital goods (MOP6.95 billion) and Fuels & lubricants (MOP5.26 billion) rose by 32.6%, 4.6% and 11.5% respectively year-on-year;
but that of imports of Raw materials & semi-manufactures (MOP5.66 billion) declined by 1.5%.
TABLE 4 － IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Commodity
Jan. – Dec. Structure % Jan. – Dec. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 36 901 985 100.0 44 118 398 100.0 19.6
Consumer goods 19 788 698 53.6 26 244 707 59.5 32.6
Capital goods 6 645 937 18.0 6 948 871 15.8 4.6
Raw materials and semi-manufactures
5 745 747 15.6 5 661 638 12.8 -1.5
Fuels and lubricants 4 721 603 12.8 5 263 182 11.9 11.5
Among the imports of Consumer goods, value of Motor cars & motorcycles (MOP1.94 billion) rose significantly by 69.1% year-on-year, and that of Other durable consumer goods (e.g. jewellery and watches), semi-durable consumer goods (e.g. clothing and footwear) and non-durable consumer goods (e.g. tobacco and skin-care products) grew by 40.8%, 34.8% and 16.2% respectively.
TABLE 5 － IMPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Category of consumer goods
Jan. – Dec. Structure % Jan. – Dec. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 19 788 698 100.0 26 244 707 100.0 32.6
Household consumption goods (food and beverages)
5 104 138 25.8 6 416 875 24.5 25.7
Motor cars and motorcycles 1 145 504 5.8 1 936 613 7.4 69.1
Other consumer goods 13 539 056 68.4 17 891 219 68.2 32.1
Durable consumer goods 6 037 824 30.5 8 501 746 32.4 40.8
Semi-durable consumer goods 3 610 284 18.2 4 867 015 18.5 34.8
Non-durable consumer goods 3 890 949 19.7 4 522 457 17.2 16.2
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Within the imports of Raw materials & semi-manufactures, the value of textile materials (13.9% of total) fell by 18.7% year-on-year and that of construction materials (12.4%) slid by 3.6%; nevertheless, the value of raw materials & semi-manufactures for furskins, paper & plastics (8.0%) registered an increase of 6.6%.
TABLE 6 － IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS & SEMI-MANUFACTURES
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Principal category of raw
materials & semi-manufactures Jan. – Dec. Structure % Jan. – Dec. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 5 745 747 100.0 5 661 638 100.0 -1.5
Of which:
Textile materials 966 984 16.8 786 185 13.9 -18.7
Construction materials 726 795 12.6 700 434 12.4 -3.6
Raw materials and semi-manufactures for furskins, paper and plastics
425 147 7.4 453 398 8.0 6.6
Semi-manufactures of machinery and electrical machines
451 320 7.9 402 014 7.1 -10.9
Copper and aluminium materials and semi-manufactures thereof
216 104 3.8 223 481 3.9 3.4
Glass materials 210 836 3.7 200 177 3.5 -5.1
In 2010, value of merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP13.72 billion), the EU (MOP9.96 billion) and Hong Kong (MOP4.63 billion) rose by 18.6%, 27.5% and 14.7% respectively year-on-year.
TABLE 7 － IMPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Country / territory
Jan. – Dec. Structure % Jan. – Dec. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 36 901 985 100.0 44 118 398 100.0 19.6
Mainland China 11 571 100 31.4 13 718 276 31.1 18.6
EU 7 814 949 21.2 9 960 717 22.6 27.5
Of which:
France 2 947 834 8.0 4 039 819 9.2 37.0
Italy 1 710 885 4.6 2 071 499 4.7 21.1
Germany 1 057 947 2.9 1 321 458 3.0 24.9
United Kingdom 758 032 2.1 852 056 1.9 12.4
Hong Kong 4 036 362 10.9 4 627 936 10.5 14.7
Japan 3 039 272 8.2 3 812 085 8.6 25.4
Switzerland 2 358 750 6.4 3 312 505 7.5 40.4
USA 2 217 119 6.0 2 618 969 5.9 18.1
Taiwan, China 1 120 935 3.0 1 078 320 2.4 -3.8
Singapore 1 162 716 3.2 838 565 1.9 -27.9
Thailand 480 230 1.3 663 685 1.5 38.2
Republic of Korea 589 689 1.6 645 719 1.5 9.5
Malaysia 442 811 1.2 541 595 1.2 22.3
Others 2 068 052 5.6 2 300 026 5.2 11.2
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The following statistical tables are available for download from our website
Table 1 − Changes of external merchandise trade Table 2 − Imports and exports of goods by month
Table 3 − Domestic exports and re-exports of goods by month
Table 4 − Imports by section and division of SITC-Rev. 4, and country/territory of origin Table 5 − Exports by section and division of SITC-Rev. 4, and country/territory of destination Table 6 − Imports by country/territory of origin, and section and division of SITC-Rev. 4 Table 7 − Exports by country/territory of destination and principal commodity
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
* Table 15 − Value and gross weight of goods by type of trade and mode of transport
* Available in March, June, September and December.
Note 1: Due to rounding, the total may not correspond to the sum of the partial figures in the statistical tables.
Note 2: Figures in this publication are provisional and subject to revision later on. To obtain the latest information, please visit the “Database of External Merchandise Trade Statistics” or “Time Series Database” of our website.
