EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS JULY/2012

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Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS

JULY/2012 No. 7

Total merchandise export for July 2012 amounted to MOP639 million, up by 10.8% year-on-year, of which value of re-exports (MOP423 million) and domestic exports (MOP216 million) increased by 15.6% and 2.3% respectively. Total merchandise import amounted to MOP5.91 billion, up by 7.8% year-on-year.

Merchandise trade deficit amounted to MOP5.27 billion for July 2012.

From January to July 2012, total value of merchandise export increased by 15.3% year-on-year to MOP4.58 billion, of which value of re-exports and domestic exports rose by 22.6% and 1.4% respectively. Total value of merchandise import grew by 22.3% to MOP40.61 billion over the same period of 2011.

Merchandise trade deficit for the first seven months of 2012 amounted to MOP36.02 billion. From January to July 2012, total value of external merchandise trade amounted to MOP45.19 billion, up by 21.5%

compared with MOP37.19 billion a year earlier.

TABLE 1 － PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE

Million MOP

2011 2012 Year-on-year %

Principal indicator

Jul. Jan. – Jul. Jul. Jan. – Jul. Jul. Jan. – Jul.

Exports 576.9 3 977.5 638.9 4 584.5 10.8 15.3

Domestic exports 210.6 1 373.8 215.5 1 392.6 2.3 1.4

Re-exports 366.3 2 603.7 423.4 3 191.9 15.6 22.6

Imports 5 476.1 33 214.2 5 905.5 40 608.1 7.8 22.3

Trade balance (Exp.-Imp.) -4 899.3 -29 236.8 -5 266.5 -36 023.6 -7.5 -23.2

Exports/Imports ratio (%) 10.5 12.0 10.8 11.3 . . . .

.. Not applicable

In July 2012, exports of Textile & garment declined by 26.7% year-on-year, of which value of Knitted or crocheted garment and Textile fabrics decreased by 37.2% and 72.3% respectively. Exports of Non-textile increased by 22.0% year-on-year, of which value of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof surged by 98.9%.

In the first seven months of 2012, exports of Textile & garment fell by 22.8% year-on-year to MOP650 million; meanwhile, exports of Non-textile grew by 25.5% to MOP3.93 billion, with that of Machines &

apparatus, parts & accessories thereof and Tobacco & wine soaring by 121.6% and 29.4% respectively.

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TABLE 2 － EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY

Million MOP

Commodity

Total 576.9 3 977.5 638.9 4 584.5 10.8 15.3

Textile and garment 133.2 842.0 97.7 650.0 -26.7 -22.8

Garment, not knitted or crocheted 61.1 341.3 52.0 298.5 -14.9 -12.5 Garment, knitted or crocheted 48.5 326.0 30.5 258.6 -37.2 -20.7

Textile fabrics 10.3 102.9 2.8 37.2 -72.3 -63.9

Non-textile 443.7 3 135.5 541.2 3 934.5 22.0 25.5

Machines and apparatus, parts

and accessories thereof 41.2 333.0 81.9 737.7 98.9 121.6

Tobacco and wine 44.0 359.1 69.1 464.8 57.0 29.4

Copper and articles thereof 34.8 230.1 31.0 217.2 -10.9 -5.6 Diamond and diamond jewellery 28.3 165.3 9.5 164.6 -66.5 -0.4

Clocks and watches 14.1 159.0 11.4 151.2 -19.1 -4.9

Articles for casino 21.3 132.1 25.3 139.9 18.8 5.9

Analysed by destination, merchandise export to Hong Kong (MOP2.26 billion) and Mainland China (MOP741 million) in the first seven months of 2012 increased by 34.8% and 10.3% respectively year-on-year, but that to the USA (MOP302 million) and the EU (MOP210 million) decreased by 13.4% and 14.9% respectively.

TABLE 3 － EXPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY

Million MOP

Country / territory

Total 576.9 3 977.5 638.9 4 584.5 10.8 15.3

Hong Kong 250.9 1 679.6 286.9 2 264.9 14.4 34.8

Mainland China 89.6 671.8 111.6 740.9 24.6 10.3

USA 45.7 348.8 42.1 302.1 -7.7 -13.4

EU 41.1 247.1 35.4 210.2 -13.7 -14.9

Germany 10.7 83.1 6.8 57.8 -36.3 -30.5

France 8.5 51.0 2.2 29.5 -74.0 -42.2

United Kingdom 8.3 32.0 3.1 24.6 -62.5 -23.1

Italy 0.6 8.3 2.3 12.2 271.9 47.0

Japan 10.8 72.2 14.5 91.8 34.1 27.2

Vietnam 9.1 83.6 21.7 83.2 138.2 -0.5

Canada 1.5 15.5 2.3 39.9 52.4 157.4

Singapore 8.6 27.9 3.7 36.5 -57.2 30.9

Taiwan, China 7.5 70.0 8.0 29.0 6.7 -58.6

Panama 5.8 14.9 4.6 20.7 -19.6 38.8

Philippines 1.1 11.8 3.9 14.0 272.4 18.8

Others 105.4 734.2 104.1 751.2 -1.2 2.3

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In July 2012, total merchandise import amounted to MOP5.91 billion, up by 7.8% year-on-year, with that of Fuels & lubricants rising by 16.5%.

In the first seven months of 2012, total value of merchandise import grew by 22.3% year-on-year to MOP40.61 billion, with that of Consumer goods (MOP25.00 billion) and Capital goods (MOP7.41 billion) rising by 24.9% and 21.0% respectively year-on-year.

TABLE 4 － IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY

Million MOP

Commodity

Total 5 476.1 33 214.2 5 905.5 40 608.1 7.8 22.3

Consumer goods 3 203.0 20 019.4 3 563.9 24 997.0 11.3 24.9

Capital goods 1 186.5 6 124.4 1 095.9 7 413.2 -7.6 21.0

Fuels and lubricants 617.6 3 709.3 719.7 4 371.6 16.5 17.9 Raw materials and

semi-manufactures 469.1 3 361.2 526.0 3 826.2 12.1 13.8

Analysed by imports of Consumer goods, in the first seven months of 2012, value of Food & beverages (MOP4.85 billion) grew by 2.5% year-on-year; Other durable consumer goods (MOP9.56 billion) expanded by 45.9%, with Watches (MOP3.06 billion) rising by 51.7%; Other semi-durable consumer goods (MOP5.39 billion) increased by 20.8%, with Handbags & wallets (MOP2.20 billion) rising by 28.6%.

TABLE 5 － IMPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS

Million MOP

Category of consumer goods

Total 3 203.0 20 019.4 3 563.9 24 997.0 11.3 24.9

Household consumption goods 695.3 4 731.9 666.4 4 848.7 -4.2 2.5 (food and beverages)

Motor cars and motorcycles 226.5 1 218.7 311.6 1 897.9 37.6 55.7 Other durable consumer goods 1 106.1 6 555.9 1 326.7 9 564.3 19.9 45.9 Gold jewellery 502.2 3 115.2 613.6 4 351.2 22.2 39.7

Watches 366.3 2 018.7 512.1 3 062.2 39.8 51.7

Other semi-durable consumer goods 718.7 4 459.2 792.9 5 388.6 10.3 20.8 Handbags and wallets 308.9 1 713.0 298.7 2 202.7 -3.3 28.6

Footwear 97.2 636.9 105.3 775.5 8.4 21.8

Other non-durable consumer goods 456.4 3 053.8 466.3 3 297.6 2.2 8.0 Beauty, cosmetic and skin-care 90.9 684.0 99.0 841.9 8.9 23.1 products

Tobacco 89.8 461.1 42.8 256.4 -52.3 -44.4

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Within the imports of Capital goods, in the first seven months of 2012, value of Mobile phones (MOP3.31 billion) and Computer hard disks (MOP586 million) increased by 50.8% and 53.8% respectively year-on-year.

TABLE 6 － IMPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS

Million MOP

Commodity

Total 1 186.5 6 124.4 1 095.9 7 413.2 -7.6 21.0

Mobile phones 341.1 2 192.2 451.8 3 306.1 32.4 50.8

Portable computers 94.9 640.2 105.3 700.3 11.0 9.4

Computer hard disks 51.4 381.0 124.0 586.0 141.3 53.8 Slot machines, parts

and accessories thereof

34.5 326.9 109.0 437.1 215.6 33.7

In the first seven months of 2012, merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP12.90 billion), the EU (MOP9.54 billion) and Hong Kong (MOP4.81 billion) rose by 25.9%, 15.0% and 28.8% respectively year-on- year.

TABLE 7 － IMPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY

Million MOP

Country / territory

Total 5 476.1 33 214.2 5 905.5 40 608.1 7.8 22.3

Mainland China 1 621.8 10 248.1 1 875.6 12 898.9 15.6 25.9

EU 1 544.2 8 292.3 1 337.5 9 537.6 -13.4 15.0

France 712.8 3 536.5 448.3 3 579.5 -37.1 1.2

Italy 419.7 2 298.3 451.9 3 032.7 7.7 32.0

Germany 82.7 514.1 162.7 1 026.4 96.8 99.6

United Kingdom 170.4 853.5 152.5 944.2 -10.5 10.6

Hong Kong 594.8 3 733.7 592.5 4 807.4 -0.4 28.8

Switzerland 387.9 2 307.9 555.0 3 328.9 43.1 44.2

Japan 332.2 2 103.3 360.4 2 419.9 8.5 15.0

USA 293.1 2 030.2 298.1 2 120.7 1.7 4.5

Singapore 161.0 800.5 194.1 991.8 20.5 23.9

Korea, Republic of 87.0 518.2 144.0 935.9 65.6 80.6

Taiwan, China 106.8 740.0 162.9 807.7 52.5 9.1

Malaysia 68.8 424.5 106.0 592.9 54.0 39.7

Thailand 56.7 435.0 81.9 538.5 44.4 23.8

Others 221.8 1 580.6 197.7 1 627.8 -10.9 3.0

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No.7 DSEC JULY/2012 EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS

The following statistical tables are available for download from DSEC 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.

SITC: Standard International Trade Classification CAM: Classification of Economic Activities of Macao

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.