Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS
SEPTEMBER/2005 No. 9
In September 2005, Macao’s total value of exports amounted to MOP2.08 billion, up 5.4% over the same month of 2004. Among this, the value of domestic exports increased 8.3% to MOP1.64 billion and the value of re-exports fell 4.4% to MOP437 million. Value of imports amounted to MOP2.93 billion, up 16.5% over the same period of 2004. A trade deficit of MOP851 million was recorded this month.
During the period of January - September 2005, the value of total exports decreased 20.6% year-on-year to MOP13.37 billion. Among this, the value of domestic exports and re-exports fell 26.4% and 1.5%
respectively. Meanwhile, the value of imports amounted to MOP22.20 billion, up 8.6% over the same period of 2004.
Table 1
PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL TRADE
MOP thousand
2004 2005 Year-on-year % change
Principal indicators
September 3rdQuarter Jan. - Sep. September 3rdQuarter Jan. - Sep. September 3rdQuarter Jan. - Sep.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Exports 1 976 183 6 725 244 16 841 856 2 082 028 5 982 218 13 370 524 5.4 -11.0 -20.6 Domestic exports 1 519 073 5 358 893 12 910 489 1 644 950 4 647 799 9 499 831 8.3 -13.3 -26.4 Re-exports 457 110 1 366 351 3 931 366 437 078 1 334 419 3 870 692 -4.4 -2.3 -1.5 Imports 2 519 040 7 554 438 20 442 262 2 933 477 8 768 601 22 199 856 16.5 16.1 8.6 Trade balance a -542 857 -829 194 -3 600 406 -851 449 -2 786 383 -8 829 332 - 56.8 -236.0 -145.2
Exports/Imports ratio (%) 78.4 89.0 82.4 71.0 68.2 60.2 .. .. ..
a Trade balance is the difference between the value of exports and imports.
. . Not applicable
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
In the first nine months of 2005, Macao’s trade balance registered a deficit of MOP8.83 billion. During this period, the exports/imports ratio decreased from 82.4% in the corresponding period of 2004 to 60.2%.
In the third quarter of 2005, exports dropped 11.0%, whereas imports rose by 16.1% compared with the same period of 2004. The trade balance was a deficit of MOP2.79 billion.
In the first nine months of 2005, the value of Textile & garment exports, which accounted for 76.6% of the total exports, decreased 24.2% over the same period of 2004. Moreover, the value of Non-textile exports also dropped 6.1%. As the major components of the non-textile exports, Machines and apparatus, parts &
accessories thereof expanded 9.2%, whereas Footwear fell 91.2% year-on-year.
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Table 2
EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
MOP thousand
2004 2005 Year-on-year
Principal commodities
Jan. – Sep. Structure % Jan. – Sep. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 16 841 856 100.0 13 370 524 100.0 -20.6
Textile and garment 13 506 875 80.2 10 237 938 76.6 -24.2
Garment of:
Knitted fabrics 6 546 911 38.9 5 259 021 39.3 -19.7
Non-knitted fabrics 5 032 831 29.9 3 375 649 25.2 -32.9
Textile fabrics 1 156 643 6.9 1 005 035 7.5 -13.1
Textile yarn and threads 654 339 3.9 524 438 3.9 -19.9
Others 116 151 0.7 73 796 0.6 -36.5
Non-textile 3 334 981 19.8 3 132 586 23.4 -6.1
Machines and apparatus; 827 592 4.9 903 812 6.8 9.2
parts and accessories thereof
Footwear 702 817 4.2 62 158 0.5 -91.2
Cements 4 441 0.0 2 823 0.0 -36.4
Others 1 800 130 10.7 2 163 793 16.2 20.2
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 major export markets, together making up 63.4% of the total value of exports. Among this, exports to the USA, which made up 49.3% of the total value of exports, decreased 19.7% over the same period of 2004; exports to the EU, which made up 14.1% of the total value of exports, also fell 48.2% over the same period of 2004. As regards the Asian markets, Mainland China and Hong Kong together absorbed 26.2% of Macao’s total value of exports. Compared with the corresponding period of 2004, the value of exports to Mainland China dropped by 7.5%, whereas the value of exports to Hong Kong rose by 1.1%.
Table 3
EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/ TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main countries/ 2004 2005 Year-on-year
territories Jan. – Sep. Structure % Jan. – Sep. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 16 841 856 100.0 13 370 524 100.0 -20.6
EU 3 628 433 21.5 1 880 086 14.1 -48.2
Germany 1 370 383 8.1 698 639 5.2 -49.0
United Kingdom 739 913 4.4 420 524 3.1 -43.2
France 472 286 2.8 252 945 1.9 -46.4
Portugal 19 409 0.1 12 763 0.1 -34.2
USA 8 210 691 48.8 6 590 899 49.3 -19.7
Mainland China 2 331 397 13.8 2 155 633 16.1 -7.5
Hong Kong 1 340 758 8.0 1 355 728 10.1 1.1
Taiwan, China 132 004 0.8 134 570 1.0 1.9
Japan 134 194 0.8 138 886 1.0 3.5
Australia 21 319 0.1 21 787 0.2 2.2
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During the period of January - September 2005, Macao’s total value of imports increased 8.6%
year-on-year. In terms of broad economic categories, Fuels & lubricants, Capital goods and Consumer goods rose 36.5%, 22.9% and 6.1% respectively, whereas Raw materials & semi-manufactures registered a year-on- year decrease of 0.9%.
Table 4
IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
MOP thousand
Broad economic 2004 2005 Year-on-year
categories Jan. – Sep. Structure % Jan. – Sep. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 20 442 262 100.0 22 199 856 100.0 8.6
Consumer goods 7 964 752 39.0 8 447 489 38.1 6.1
Raw materials and 7 534 718 36.9 7 466 350 33.6 -0.9
semi-manufactures
Fuels and lubricants 1 537 615 7.5 2 099 399 9.5 36.5
Capital goods 3 405 177 16.7 4 186 619 18.9 22.9
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
Among the imports of Raw materials & semi-manufactures, the value of textile materials (54.3%) decreased 16.9% year-on-year, and that of construction materials (13.0%) increased 111.2%. In addition, materials and semi-manufactures for furskins, paper and plastics (4.8%) went up by 19.4% year-on-year.
Table 5
IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS &
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
MOP thousand
Principal categories of raw materials 2004 2005 Year-on-year
& semi-manufactures Jan. – Sep. Structure% Jan. – Sep. Structure % change %
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 7 534 718 100.0 7 466 350 100.0 -0.9
Textile materials 4 875 823 64.7 4 053 226 54.3 -16.9
Construction materials 458 494 6.1 968 158 13.0 111.2
Materials and semi-manufactures 300 213 4.0 358 447 4.8 19.4
for furskins, paper and plastics
Other products 1 900 188 25.2 2 086 518 27.9 9.8
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
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Meanwhile, Macao’s main suppliers of imported goods still concentrated in the Asian region. Imports from Mainland China and Hong Kong together constituted 51.9% of the total value of imports. Compared with the same period of 2004, the value of imports from Mainland China and Hong Kong increased 2.6% and 1.5%
respectively. Moreover, total value of imports from the EU and the USA went up 15.6% and 12.2% respectively compared with the same period of 2004. The EU and the USA accounted for 13.4% and 4.2% of the total value of imports respectively.
Table 6
IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main countries/ 2004 2005 Year-on-year
territories Jan. – Sep. Structure % Jan. – Sep. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 20 442 262 100.0 22 199 856 100.0 8.6
EU 2 582 404 12.6 2 985 195 13.4 15.6
France 673 530 3.3 749 338 3.4 11.3
United Kingdom 333 682 1.6 402 235 1.8 20.5
Germany 760 112 3.7 856 737 3.9 12.7
Portugal 83 524 0.4 85 361 0.4 2.2
USA 837 679 4.1 939 722 4.2 12.2
Mainland China 9 158 670 44.8 9 397 334 42.3 2.6
Hong Kong 2 107 730 10.3 2 138 991 9.6 1.5
Taiwan, China 1 029 316 5.0 915 050 4.1 -11.1
Republic of Korea 595 839 2.9 495 605 2.2 -16.8
Japan 1 923 797 9.4 2 518 535 11.3 30.9
Australia 265 203 1.3 234 269 1.1 -11.7
Others 1 941 624 9.5 2 575 155 11.6 32.6
Note: 1) Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
2) Since May 2004, the number of the EU member states has increased from 15 to 25.
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The following statistical tables can be downloaded from our website
Table 1 - Imports and exports - monthly figures
Table 2 - Domestic exports and re-exports - monthly figures
Table 3 - Imports by section and division of SITC-Rev.3, and country/territory of origin Table 4 - Exports by section and division of SITC-Rev.3, and country/territory of destination
Table 5 - Domestic exports by section and division of SITC-Rev.3, and country/territory of destination Table 6 - Re-exports by section and division of SITC-Rev.3, and country/territory of destination Table 7 - Imports by country/territory of origin, and section and division of SITC-Rev.3 Table 8 - Exports by country/territory of destination and principal commodity
Table 9 - Domestic exports by country/territory of destination and principal commodity Table 10 - Re-exports by country/territory of destination and 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 re-exports by geographical/economic zone and statistical country/territory Table 14 - Imports by broad economic category and country/territory of origin
Table 15 - Exports by principal commodity and country/territory of destination
Table 16 - Domestic exports by principal commodity and country/territory of destination Table 17 - Re-exports by principal commodity and country/territory of destination
* Table 18 - Quarterly exports by principal commodity and country/territory of destination
* Table 19 - Quarterly domestic exports by principal commodity and country/territory of destination
* Table 20 - Quarterly re-exports by principal commodity and country/territory of destination
* Table 21 - Quarterly imports by broad economic category and 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 - Re-exports by group of CAM-Rev.1
*Tables are available only in March, June, September and December.
