RETAIL SALES SURVEY

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Principal Indicators

Value of Retail Sales by Type of Activity

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Retailers' forecast of year-on-year change in sales performance for the first quarter of 2019

Retail prices Value of sales

2 141 2.9 11.2

706 2 571 -3.2 19.5

536

377 1 505 16.6 17.6

42.3 6.1

2 595 804

Annual

19 865

132.47

76 802

129.04

4.1

2.3

15.9

13.8 Current

Quarter Annual

Year-on-year (%) Current Quarter

After removing the effect of price changes, volume of retail sales increased by 8.1% quarter-to-quarter and 2.3% year-on-year. Among the major retail trade activities, sales volumes of Cosmetics & Sanitary Articles and Communication Equipment increased significantly year-on-year, while volumes of Adults' Clothing and Motor Vehicles decreased.

2 469 9 806 8.6 24.5

1 161 4 613 6.2 4.0

Goods in Department Stores Value of Retail Sales (million MOP)

Watches, Clocks & Jewellery

12.5 24.6

2 669 10 140 -4.1 16.7

Structure of sales value

Sales Volume Index

Current

Quarter Annual

Year-on-year (%) Current Quarter

Value of retail sales totalled MOP 19.87 billion in the fourth quarter, rising by 9.4% as compared with the revised figure of MOP 18.15 billion in the third quarter and by 4.1% year-on-year.

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Goods in Supermarkets Leather Goods Adults' Clothing

Automotive Fuels

For the whole year of 2018, total value of retail sales rose by 15.9% year-on-year to MOP 76.80 billion, and volume of retail sales grew by 13.8%.

Goods in Pharmacies

918 3 253

Motor Vehicles

Communication Equipment Cosmetics & Sanitary Articles

Annual Million MOP

4 148 16 157 1.0 9.6

3 236 12 322

15.1 12.6

Sales volume Government of Macao Special Administrative Region

Statistics and Census Service

RETAIL SALES SURVEY

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QUARTER 2018

16 498

14 559 16 121

19 084 20 786

17 999 18 151^r 19 865

0 4 000 8 000 12 000 16 000 20 000 24 000

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Million MOP

2017 2018

Increase 8.2%

Stable 54.4%

Decrease 37.4%

Increase 13.9%

Stable 68.2%

Decrease 17.9%

統計暨普查局

Watches, Clocks &

Jewellery 20.9%

Goods in Department

Stores 16.3%

Adults' Clothing 13.4%

Leather Goods 12.4%

Cosmetics & Sanitary Articles; Goods in

Pharmacies 7.3%

Goods in Supermarkets

5.8%

Motor Vehicles

& Automotive Fuels 5.5%

Communication Equipment

4.0%

Others 14.4%

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Retail Sales Volume Index by Type of Activity

Historical Data

Symbol:

r Revised figures

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Quarter 2018

Annual 3.1 -6.9 -2.9 12.6

Retailers' forecast of business performance for the first quarter of 2019 compared with the fourth quarter of 2018

109.22 111.38 6.3 7.3

04/2015 - 03/2016 = 100

251.88 197.72 13.1 48.5

76.67 70.76 -5.4 17.3

110.21 110.95 1.4 10.0

191.30 193.81 4.3 22.4

102.85 102.87 3.9 1.9

159.67 141.30 14.9 12.6

121.40 1.6 9.3

141.26 136.83 7.5 19.5

144.24 140.44 -6.3 12.0

125.49 Current

Quarter Annual

Year-on-year (%) Current

Quarter Annual Sales volume index (04/2015-03/2016=100)

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Automotive Fuels Watches, Clocks & Jewellery Goods in Department Stores Adults' Clothing

Goods in Pharmacies Motor Vehicles Leather Goods Goods in Supermarkets Cosmetics & Sanitary Articles

2017 Value of Retail Sales (million MOP)

Communication Equipment

Year-on-year Change of Sales Volume Index (%)

4^th Quarter -4.5 -6.9 5.3 14.9

4^th Quarter 17 417 15 710 16 416 19 084

Annual 67 996 61 541 58 839 66 262

2014 2015 2016

113.99

99.35

110.65

129.44 140.55

120.53

122.60^r 132.47

95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

2017 2018

Improve 14.6%

Stable 40.9%

Slow down 44.5%

For the whole year of 2018, total value of retail sales rose by 15.9%

year-on-year. Sales values of the major retail activities recorded year-on-year growth in 2018, with significant increase being observed in Communication Equipment, Goods in Department Stores and Leather Goods.

Analysed by type of retail activity, Watches, Clocks & Jewellery, Goods in Department Stores and Adults' Clothing accounted for 21.0%, 16.0% and 13.2% respectively of the total value of retail sales.

Volume of retail sales grew by 13.8% year-on-year in 2018, with notable increase in sales volumes of Communication Equipment, Leather Goods, Goods in Department Stores and Motor Vehicles.

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