EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS

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Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS

DECEMBER/2003 No. 12

In December 2003, total export value of Macao amounted to MOP2.14 billion, up 18.2% over the same period of 2002. Among this, value of domestic exports increased by 19.8% to MOP1.79 billion and that of re-exports went up 10.7% to MOP357 million. Concurrently, import value amounted to MOP2.13 billion, up 21.3% over the same period of 2002. A trade surplus of MOP13 million was recorded in this month.

For the year 2003, the value of total exports showed a year-on-year increase of 9.4% to MOP20.70 billion. Among this, the value of domestic exports increased by 10.1% and that of re-exports rose 6.9%.

Meanwhile, the value of imports amounted to MOP22.10 billion, up 8.7% over the year 2002.

Table 1

PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL TRADE

MOP thousand

2002 2003 Year-on-year % change

Principal indicators

December 4^th Quarter Jan. - Dec. December 4^th Quarter Jan. - Dec. December 4^th Quarter Jan. - Dec.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Exports 1 812 354 4 966 358 18 925 409 2 142 544 5 417 370 20 700 105 18.2 9.1 9.4 Domestic exports 1 490 091 3 951 585 14 773 895 1 785 701 4 308 526 16 261 015 19.8 9.0 10.1 Re-exports 322 263 1 014 773 4 151 514 356 843 1 108 844 4 439 089 10.7 9.3 6.9 Imports 1 754 870 5 194 109 20 323 390 2 129 419 6 039 497 22 097 226 21.3 16.3 8.7 Trade balance ^a 57 484 -227 751 -1 397 981 13 125 -622 127 -1 397 122 -77.2 -173.2 0.1

Exports/Imports ratio (%) 103.3 95.6 93.1 100.6 89.7 93.7 .. .. ..

a Trade balance is the difference between the export and import values.

. . Not applicable

Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.

During the year 2003, the trade balance of Macao stood at a deficit of MOP1.40 billion. During the same period, the exports/imports ratio increased from 93.1% in 2002 to 93.7% in 2003.

Exports registered an increase of 9.1% and imports rose 16.3% in the fourth quarter of 2003 compared with the same period of 2002. The trade balance stood at a deficit of MOP622 million.

In 2003, the value of Textile & garment exports, which accounted for 83.1% of the total export value, increased by 8.3% over 2002. In addition, the value of Non-textile also went up 14.9%. The major components of non-textile, namely Machines and apparatus, parts & accessories thereof and Footwear, registered increases of 34.8% and 11.7% respectively.

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Table 2

EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY

MOP thousand

2002 2003 Year-on-year

Principal commodities

Jan. - Dec. Structure % Jan. - Dec. Structure % % change

1 2 3 4 5 6

Total 18 925 409 100.0 20 700 105 100.0 9.4

Textile and garment 15 884 332 83.9 17 206 321 83.1 8.3

Garment of:

Knitted fabrics 7 966 347 42.1 8 442 353 40.8 6.0

Non-knitted fabrics 5 191 772 27.4 6 197 671 29.9 19.4

Textile fabrics 1 615 913 8.5 1 531 530 7.4 -5.2

Textile yarn and threads 842 843 4.5 733 437 3.5 -13.0

Others 267 456 1.4 301 330 1.5 12.7

Non-textile 3 041 078 16.1 3 493 783 16.9 14.9

Machines and apparatus; 507 737 2.7 684 661 3.3 34.8

parts and accessories thereof

Footwear 676 742 3.6 755 877 3.7 11.7

Cements 29 582 0.2 36 124 0.2 22.1

Others 1 827 017 9.7 2 017 121 9.7 10.4

The USA and the EU remained as Macao’s two largest export markets, making up 72.7% of the total export value. Among this, exports to the USA, which made up 49.9% of the total export value, increased by 12.8% over 2002. Exports to the EU, which made up 22.8% of total export value, increased by 7.5% over 2002. As to the Asian markets, the Mainland China and Hong Kong together absorbed 20.3% of the total export value. Compared with 2002, export value to the Mainland China dropped 3.5%, whereas that to Hong Kong rose 23.8%.

Table 3

EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/ TERRITORY

MOP thousand

Main countries/ 2002 2003 Year-on-year

territories Jan. - Dec. Structure % Jan. - Dec. Structure % % change

1 2 3 4 5 6

Total 18 925 409 100.0 20 700 105 100.0 9.4

EU 4 395 935 23.2 4 724 557 22.8 7.5

Germany 1 411 490 7.5 1 697 326 8.2 20.3

United Kingdom 1 027 593 5.4 898 806 4.3 -12.5

France 627 517 3.3 690 427 3.3 10.0

Portugal 25 360 0.1 33 126 0.2 30.6

USA 9 151 457 48.4 10 320 232 49.9 12.8

Mainland China 2 948 126 15.6 2 844 195 13.7 -3.5

Hong Kong 1 099 876 5.8 1 361 723 6.6 23.8

Taiwan 129 502 0.7 152 563 0.7 17.8

Japan 116 109 0.6 150 236 0.7 29.4

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In 2003, Macao’s total import value increased by 8.7% over 2002. In terms of broad economic categories, increases were registered in Consumer goods (+13.6%), Capital goods (+12.1%), Fuels &

lubricants (+8.2%) and Raw materials & semi-manufactures (+3.7%).

Table 4

IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY

MOP thousand

Broad economic 2002 2003 Year-on-year

categories Jan. - Dec. Structure % Jan. - Dec. Structure % % change

1 2 3 4 5 6

Total 20 323 390 100.0 22 097 226 100.0 8.7

Consumer goods 7 268 165 35.8 8 256 247 37.4 13.6

Raw materials and 8 789 974 43.3 9 117 622 41.3 3.7

semi-manufactures

Fuels and lubricants 1 464 294 7.2 1 584 260 7.2 8.2

Capital goods 2 800 957 13.8 3 139 097 14.2 12.1

Among the imports of Raw materials & semi-manufactures, value of textile materials (69.3%) decreased by 3.7% over 2002, while construction materials (6.1%) increased by 156.8%. In addition, materials and semi-manufactures for furskins, paper and plastics (4.0%) dropped by 3.1% over 2002.

Table 5

IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS & SEMI-MANUFACTURES

MOP thousand

Principal categories of raw materials & 2002 2003 Year-on-year

semi-manufactures Jan. - Dec. Structure % Jan. - Dec. Structure % change %

1 2 3 4 5 6

Total 8 789 974 100.0 9 117 622 100.0 3.7

Textile materials 6 559 346 74.6 6 316 500 69.3 -3.7

Construction materials 216 823 2.5 556 735 6.1 156.8

Materials and semi-manufactures 371 549 4.2 360 216 4.0 -3.1

for furskins, paper and plastics

Other products 1 642 255 18.7 1 884 171 20.7 14.7

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Meanwhile, Macao’s main suppliers of imported goods still concentrated in the Asian region.

Among them, Mainland China and Hong Kong accounted for 55.5% of the total import value. Compared with 2002, import value from Mainland China increased by 11.9%, whereas that from Hong Kong decreased by 5.5%. Compared with 2002 increases were registered in import value from the EU (+10.4%) and from the USA (+3.5%); they accounted for 12.0% and 3.9% of the total import value respectively.

Table 6

IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/TERRITORY

MOP thousand

Main countries/ 2002 2003 Year-on-year

territories Jan. - Dec. Structure % Jan. - Dec. Structure % % change

1 2 3 4 5 6

Total 20 323 390 100.0 22 097 226 100.0 8.7

EU 2 394 496 11.8 2 643 272 12.0 10.4

France 869 339 4.3 751 378 3.4 -13.6

United Kingdom 383 775 1.9 408 657 1.8 6.5

Germany 377 554 1.9 603 261 2.7 59.8

Portugal 95 275 0.5 86 689 0.4 -9.0

USA 842 426 4.1 871 921 3.9 3.5

Mainland China 8 477 185 41.7 9 489 926 42.9 11.9

Hong Kong 2 955 793 14.5 2 794 385 12.6 -5.5

Taiwan 1 357 768 6.7 1 281 951 5.8 -5.6

Republic of Korea 1 009 200 5.0 696 156 3.2 -31.0

Japan 1 370 608 6.7 1 986 767 9.0 45.0

Australia 248 010 1.2 307 912 1.4 24.2

Others 1 667 904 8.2 2 024 936 9.2 21.4

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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.