Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS
JANUARY/2010 No. 1
Total value of merchandise import and export amounted to MOP4.14 billion in January 2010, up by 13.7% year-on-year. The value of total merchandise import for January 2010 amounted to MOP3.52 billion, up by 22.4% year-on-year. However, value of merchandise export was MOP620 million, down by 19.0%
year-on-year, with the value of domestic exports falling by 51.4% to MOP213 million, but that of re- exports rising by 24.3% to MOP407 million.
The trade deficit for January 2010 widened by 37.4% year-on-year to MOP2.90 billion; the exports/imports ratio which reflect import and export trade balance situation was 17.6%, down by 9.0 percentage points year-on-year.
TABLE 1 － PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
’000 MOP
2009 2010 Year-on-year %
Principal indicator
January January January
Exports 764 548 619 608 -19.0
Domestic exports 437 010 212 577 -51.4
Re-exports 327 538 407 031 24.3
Imports 2 875 340 3 519 491 22.4
Trade balance (Exp.-Imp.) -2 110 791 -2 899 883 -37.4
Exports/Imports ratio (%) 26.6 17.6 ..
.. Not applicable
Exports of Textile & garment amounted to MOP151 million, down substantially by 61.2% year-on- year to account for 24.3% of the total merchandise export in January 2010; however, value of Non-textile exports (MOP469 million) increased by 24.6%, with that of Jewellery and Articles for casino rising notably by 140.0% and 195.4% respectively, but value of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof dropping by 26.6%.
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TABLE 2 － EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Commodity
January Structure % January Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 764 548 100.0 619 608 100.0 -19.0
Textile and garment 388 065 50.8 150 551 24.3 -61.2
Of which:
Garment, knitted or crocheted 239 397 31.3 74 939 12.1 -68.7 Garment, not knitted or crocheted 128 445 16.8 57 285 9.2 -55.4
Textile fabrics 14 802 1.9 9 840 1.6 -33.5
Textile yarn and thread 3 693 0.5 6 102 1.0 65.2
Non-textile 376 483 49.2 469 057 75.7 24.6
Of which:
Jewellery 37 295 4.9 89 509 14.4 140.0
Articles for casino 12 927 1.7 38 188 6.2 195.4
Tobacco and wine 24 397 3.2 34 620 5.6 41.9
Machines and apparatus,
parts and accessories thereof 45 326 5.9 33 262 5.4 -26.6
Copper and articles thereof 16 173 2.1 32 393 5.2 100.3
Clocks and watches 29 897 3.9 21 156 3.4 -29.2
Analyzed by destination of merchandise exports, in January 2010, value of merchandise export to Hong Kong (MOP270 million) and Mainland China (MOP83 million) grew by 28.4% and 1.1% respectively year-on-year, whereas that to the USA (MOP83 million) and the EU (MOP43 million) dropped notably by 65.9% and 54.1% respectively.
TABLE 3 － EXPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Country / territory
January Structure % January Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 764 548 100.0 619 608 100.0 -19.0
Hong Kong 210 511 27.5 270 358 43.6 28.4
USA 243 312 31.8 82 882 13.4 -65.9
Mainland China 81 693 10.7 82 585 13.3 1.1
EU 94 485 12.4 43 363 7.0 -54.1
Of which:
Germany 46 188 6.0 12 126 2.0 -73.7
France 8 697 1.1 8 186 1.3 -5.9
United Kingdom 15 427 2.0 4 888 0.8 -68.3
Italy 4 258 0.6 1 083 0.2 -74.6
Vietnam 16 470 2.2 16 463 2.7 0#
Taiwan, China 12 616 1.7 13 519 2.2 7.2
Japan 8 211 1.1 10 156 1.6 23.7
Mexico 10 714 1.4 6 569 1.1 -38.7
Others 86 536 11.3 93 713 15.1 8.3
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In January 2010, total value of merchandise import increased by 22.4% year-on-year. In terms of Broad Economic Categories, the value of imports of Consumer goods (MOP2.20 billion) and Fuels & lubricants (MOP385 million) rose by 45.8% and 7.9% respectively year-on-year, but that of imports of Capital goods (MOP486 million) and Raw materials & semi-manufactures (MOP445 million) declined by 13.2% and 0.5% respectively.
TABLE 4 － IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Commodity
January Structure % January Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 2 875 340 100.0 3 519 491 100.0 22.4
Consumer goods 1 510 572 52.5 2 202 993 62.6 45.8
Raw materials and
semi-manufactures 447 765 15.6 445 304 12.7 -0.5
Fuels and lubricants 356 917 12.4 385 279 10.9 7.9
Capital goods 560 085 19.5 485 914 13.8 -13.2
Among the imports of Consumer goods, value of Motor cars & motorcycles (MOP129 million) rose significantly by 87.8% year-on-year, and that of Other durable consumer goods (e.g. jewellery and watches), semi-durable consumer goods (e.g. clothing and footwear) and non-durable consumer goods (e.g. tobacco and skin-care products) grew by 78.4%, 35.6% and 16.0% respectively.
TABLE 5 － IMPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Category of consumer goods
January Structure % January Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 1 510 572 100.0 2 202 993 100.0 45.8
Household consumption goods (food and beverages)
421 540 27.9 576 731 26.2 36.8
Motor cars and motorcycles 68 805 4.6 129 202 5.9 87.8
Other consumer goods 1 020 228 67.5 1 497 060 68.0 46.7
Durable consumer goods 413 312 27.4 737 201 33.5 78.4
Semi-durable consumer goods 284 735 18.8 386 037 17.5 35.6 Non-durable consumer goods 322 181 21.3 373 823 17.0 16.0
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Within the imports of Raw materials & semi-manufactures, the value of textile materials (10.8% of total) fell by 15.1% year-on-year and that of construction materials (8.8%) slid by 54.0%; nevertheless, the value of semi-manufactures of machinery & electrical machines (9.6%) registered an increase of 45.2%.
TABLE 6 － IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS & SEMI-MANUFACTURES
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Principal category of raw
materials & semi-manufactures January Structure % January Structure % Year-on-year %
Total 447 765 100.0 445 304 100.0 -0.5
Of which:
Textile materials 56 707 12.7 48 124 10.8 -15.1
Semi-manufactures of machinery and electrical machines
29 542 6.6 42 887 9.6 45.2
Raw materials and semi-manufactures for furskins, paper and plastics
31 637 7.1 40 400 9.1 27.7
Construction materials 85 216 19.0 39 209 8.8 -54.0
Copper and aluminium materials and semi-manufactures thereof
11 658 2.6 20 456 4.6 75.5
Glass materials 16 214 3.6 17 114 3.8 5.5
In January 2010, value of merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP1.02 billion) and Hong Kong (MOP457 million) rose by 20.7% and 51.3% respectively year-on-year, and that from the EU (MOP799 million) and Switzerland (MOP277 million) grew by 13.1% and 50.1% respectively.
TABLE 7 － IMPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY
’000 MOP 2009 2010 Country / territory
January Structure % January Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 2 875 340 100.0 3 519 491 100.0 22.4
Mainland China 845 522 29.4 1 020 758 29.0 20.7
EU 706 708 24.6 799 165 22.7 13.1
Of which:
France 257 445 9.0 358 854 10.2 39.4
Italy 219 243 7.6 155 102 4.4 -29.3
Germany 68 981 2.4 103 018 2.9 49.3
United Kingdom 50 906 1.8 64 177 1.8 26.1
Hong Kong 302 161 10.5 457 158 13.0 51.3
Switzerland 184 760 6.4 277 407 7.9 50.1
Japan 198 552 6.9 268 020 7.6 35.0
USA 154 605 5.4 183 572 5.2 18.7
Taiwan, China 85 403 3.0 88 996 2.5 4.2
Singapore 135 987 4.7 67 593 1.9 -50.3
Republic of Korea 36 076 1.3 57 510 1.6 59.4
Indonesia 22 481 0.8 54 797 1.6 143.8
Thailand 34 872 1.2 54 138 1.5 55.2
Others 168 213 5.9 190 377 5.4 13.2
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The following statistical tables are available for download from our 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
* Available in March, June, September and December.
Note: Due to rounding, the total may not correspond to the sum of the partial figures in the statistical tables.
