Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS
JANUARY/2003 No. 1
In January 2003, total export value of Macao amounted to MOP 1.78 billion, up 21.7% over a year earlier. Among this, value of domestic exports increased by 27.7% to MOP 1.51 billion, while that of re-exports decreased by 4.4% to MOP 263 million. Concurrently, import value amounted to MOP 1.64 billion, up 4.0% over a year earlier.
Table 1
PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL TRADE
MOP thousand
2002 2003 Year-on-year
% change Principal indicators
January January January
1 2 3 4
Exports 1 458 608 1 775 021 21.7
Domestic exports 1 183 713 1 512 122 27.7
Re-exports 274 895 262 899 -4.4
Imports 1 575 124 1 638 277 4.0
Trade balance a - 116 516 136 744 217.4
Exports/Imports ratio 92.6 108.3 . .
a Trade balance is the difference between the export and import values.
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
In January 2003, the trade balance of Macao stood at a surplus of nearly MOP 137 million. At the same time, the exports/imports ratio increased from 92.6% a year earlier to 108.3% in January 2003.
In January 2003, the value of Textile & garment exports, which accounted for 82.8% of the total export value, increased by 24.0% over a year earlier. On the other hand, the value of Non-textile also went up by 11.8%. The major components of non-textile, namely Machines and apparatus, parts &
accessories thereof and Footwear registered an increase of 23.5% each.
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Table 2
EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
MOP thousand
2002 2003 Year-on-year
Principal commodity
January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 1 458 608 100.0 1 775 021 100.0 21.7
Textile and garment 1 186 171 81.3 1 470 474 82.8 24.0
Garment of:
Knitted fabrics 555 120 38.1 689 073 38.8 24.1
Non-knitted fabrics 455 000 31.2 645 949 36.4 42.0
Textile fabrics 109 088 7.5 95 158 5.4 -12.8
Textile yarn and threads 44 026 3.0 25 864 1.5 -41.3
Others 22 937 1.6 14 430 0.8 -37.1
Non-textile 272 437 18.7 304 547 17.2 11.8
Machines and apparatus; 34 636 2.4 42 781 2.4 23.5
parts and accessories thereof
Footwear 75 895 5.2 93 711 5.3 23.5
Cements 3 121 0.2 3 465 0.2 11.0
Others 158 785 10.9 164 590 9.3 3.7
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
The USA and the EU remained as Macao’s two largest export markets, adding up to contribute to 78.7% to the total export value. Among this, exports to the USA, which took up 52.8% of the total export value, increased by 39.9% over a year earlier. At the same time, exports to the EU, which took up 25.9%, increased by 15.6%. Turning to the Asian markets, Mainland China and Hong Kong added up to absorb 13.8% of the total export value. Comparing with same period of 2002, the value of exports to Mainland China decreased by 18.5%, while that to Hong Kong recorded an increase of 3.0%.
Table 3
EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/ TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main country/ 2002 2003 Year-on-year
territory January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 1 458 608 100.0 1 775 021 100.0 21.7
EU 397 532 27.3 459 414 25.9 15.6
Germany 134 033 9.2 174 891 9.9 30.5
United Kingdom 79 452 5.4 70 635 4.0 -11.1
France 47 674 3.3 50 222 2.8 5.3
Portugal 2 719 0.2 1 105 0.1 -59.4
USA 670 277 46.0 937 795 52.8 39.9
Mainland China 203 381 13.9 165 726 9.3 -18.5
Hong Kong 76 851 5.3 79 176 4.5 3.0
Taiwan 14 348 1.0 8 960 0.5 -37.6
Japan 8 283 0.6 14 423 0.8 74.1
Australia 1 445 0.1 2 012 0.1 39.2
Others 86 491 5.9 107 515 6.1 24.3
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
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In January 2003, Macao’s import value increased by 4.0% over a year earlier. Analysis by broad economic category showed that increases were registered for Consumer goods (+14.2%) and Fuels &
lubricants (+1.1%). On the contrary, decreases in Capital goods and Raw materials &
semi-manufactures were recorded at 4.5% and 2.9% respectively.
Table 4
IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
MOP thousand
Broad economic 2002 2003 Year-on-year
category January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 1 575 124 100.0 1 638 277 100.0 4.0
Consumer goods 633 169 40.2 722 795 44.1 14.2
Raw materials and 595 431 37.8 578 299 35.3 -2.9
semi-manufactures
Fuels and lubricants 113 630 7.2 114 824 7.0 1.1
Capital goods 232 893 14.8 222 358 13.6 -4.5
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
Meanwhile, Macao’s main suppliers of imported goods still concentrated in the Asian region.
Among them, Mainland China and Hong Kong occupied 50.2% of the total import value. Comparing with the same period of 2002, the value of imports from Mainland China increased by 3.1%, whereas that from Hong Kong decreased by 7.1%. On the other hand, increases were registered in the values of imports from both the EU (+4.4%) and the USA (+17.1%); they accounted for 16.4% and 4.3% of the total import value respectively.
Table 5
IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main country/ 2002 2003 Year-on-year
territory January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 1 575 124 100.0 1 638 277 100.0 4.0
EU 257 069 16.3 268 432 16.4 4.4
France 95 780 6.1 108 634 6.6 13.4
United Kingdom 43 109 2.7 38 659 2.4 -10.3
Germany 26 646 1.7 53 286 3.3 100.0
Portugal 8 194 0.5 4 587 0.3 -44.0
USA 60 253 3.8 70 533 4.3 17.1
Mainland China 586 361 37.2 604 800 36.9 3.1
Hong Kong 235 229 14.9 218 440 13.3 -7.1
Taiwan 63 343 4.0 98 511 6.0 55.5
Republic of Korea 120 920 7.7 61 373 3.7 -49.2
Japan 91 462 5.8 152 212 9.3 66.4
Australia 19 327 1.2 22 459 1.4 16.2
Others 141 160 9.0 141 517 8.6 0.3
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
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Available tables
Table 1 - Imports and exports - monthly figures
Table 2 - Domestic exports and reexports - monthly figures
Table 3 - Imports by section and division of SITC, Rev. 3 by country/territory of origin Table 4 - Exports by section and division of SITC, Rev. 3 by country/territory of destination
Table 5 - Domestic exports by section and division of SITC, Rev. 3 by country/territory of destination Table 6 - Reexports by section and division of SITC, Rev. 3 by country/territory of destination Table 7 - Imports by country/territory of origin by section and division of SITC, Rev. 3 Table 8 - Exports by country/territory of destination by principal commodity
Table 9 - Domestic exports by country/territory of destination by principal commodity Table 10 - Reexports by country/territory of destination by principal commodity Table 11 - Principal indicators of external trade
Table 12 - Imports and exports by geographical/economic zone and statistical country/territory
Table 13 - Domestic exports and Reexports by geographical/economic zone and statistical country/territory Table 14 - Imports by broad economic category by country/territory of origin
Table 15 - Exports by principal commodity by country/territory of destination
Table 16 - Domestic exports by principal commodity by country/territory of destination Table 17 - Reexports by principal commodity by country/territory of destination
* Table 18 - Quarterly exports by principal commodity by country/territory of destination
* Table 19 - Quarterly domestic exports by principal commodity by country/territory of destination
* Table 20 - Quarterly reexports by principal commodity by country/territory of destination
* Table 21 - Quarterly imports by broad economic category by country/territory of origin
* Table 22 - Exports by group of CAM, Rev.1
* Table 23 - Domestic exports by group of CAM, Rev.1
* Table 24 - Reexports by group of CAM, Rev.1
*Tables are available only in March, June, September and December.
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