Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS
APRIL/2003 No. 4
In April 2003, total export value of Macao amounted to MOP1.54 billion, up 15.5% over a year earlier. Among this, value of domestic exports increased by 21.9% to MOP1.14 billion, while that of re-exports increased by 0.6% to MOP403 million. Concurrently, import value amounted to MOP1.85 billion, up 7.6% over a year earlier. Taking exports and imports together, a trade deficit of MOP301 million was recorded.
For the period of January – April 2003, the value of total exports showed a year-on-year increase of 13.9% to MOP5.58 billion. Among this, the value of domestic exports increased by 14.6%, whereas the value of re-exports also rose by 11.7%. Meanwhile, the value of imports amounted to MOP6.34 billion, increased by 6.8% over a year earlier.
Table 1
PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL TRADE
MOP thousand
2002 2003 Year-on-year
% change Principal indicators
April Jan. - Apr. April Jan. - Apr. April Jan. - Apr.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Exports 1 336 858 4 900 203 1 544 603 5 579 844 15.5 13.9
Domestic exports 936 497 3 706 029 1 141 861 4 246 057 21.9 14.6
Re-exports 400 361 1 194 173 402 742 1 333 787 0.6 11.7
Imports 1 714 880 5 937 326 1 845 608 6 339 629 7.6 6.8
Trade balance a - 378 022 -1 037 123 -301 005 -759 785 20.4 26.7
Exports/Imports ratio 78.0 82.5 83.7 88.0 . . . .
a Trade balance is the difference between the export and import values.
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
During the first four months of 2003, the trade balance of Macao stood at a deficit of nearly MOP760 million. At the same time, the exports/imports ratio increased from 82.5% a year earlier to 88.0% in corresponding period of 2003.
For the period of January – April 2003, the value of Textile & garment exports, which accounted for 80.7% of the total export value, increased by 14.5% over a year earlier. On the other hand, the value of Non-textile also went up by 11.5%. The major components of non-textile, namely Machines and apparatus, parts & accessories thereof and Footwear registered increases of 10.5% and 9.3%
respectively.
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Statistics and Census Service
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Table 2
EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
MOP thousand
2002 2003 Year-on-year
Principal commodity
Jan. - Apr. Structure % Jan. - Apr. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 4 900 203 100.0 5 579 844 100.0 13.9
Textile and garment 3 933 920 80.3 4 502 413 80.7 14.5
Garment of:
Knitted fabrics 1 750 915 35.7 1 987 868 35.6 13.5
Non-knitted fabrics 1 417 986 28.9 1 720 943 30.8 21.4
Textile fabrics 432 371 8.8 461 330 8.3 6.7
Textile yarn and threads 242 669 5.0 234 983 4.2 -3.2
Others 89 979 1.8 97 289 1.7 8.1
Non-textile 966 283 19.7 1 077 431 19.3 11.5
Machines and apparatus; 161 130 3.3 178 000 3.2 10.5
parts and accessories thereof
Footwear 209 338 4.3 228 893 4.1 9.3
Cements 7 042 0.1 14 435 0.3 105.0
Others 588 773 12.0 656 103 11.8 11.4
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 two largest export markets, adding up to contribute to 69.4% of the total export value. Among this, exports to the USA, which took up 48.0% of the total export value, increased by 20.6% over a year earlier. At the same time, exports to the EU, which took up 21.4%, increased by 4.8%. Turning to the Asian markets, Mainland China and Hong Kong added up to absorb 22.7% of the total export value. Comparing with same period of 2002, the value of exports to Mainland China increased by 3.2%, while that to Hong Kong also rose by 20.2%.
Table 3
EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/ TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main country/ 2002 2003 Year-on-year
territory Jan. - Apr. Structure % Jan. - Apr. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 4 900 203 100.0 5 579 844 100.0 13.9
EU 1 141 218 23.3 1 195 656 21.4 4.8
Germany 394 723 8.1 473 307 8.5 19.9
United Kingdom 254 185 5.2 192 139 3.4 -24.4
France 162 611 3.3 172 549 3.1 6.1
Portugal 8 477 0.2 4 565 0.1 -46.1
USA 2 218 577 45.3 2 675 931 48.0 20.6
Mainland China 855 088 17.5 882 261 15.8 3.2
Hong Kong 320 513 6.5 385 123 6.9 20.2
Taiwan 42 733 0.9 41 958 0.8 -1.8
Japan 34 889 0.7 47 635 0.9 36.5
Australia 4 662 0.1 6 091 0.1 30.7
Others 282 523 5.8 345 189 6.2 22.2
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
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For the period of January – April 2003, Macao’s import value increased by 6.8% over a year earlier. Analysis by broad economic category showed that increases were registered for Fuels &
lubricants (+20.9%), Consumer goods (+15.7%) and Raw materials & semi-manufactures (+6.8%).
On the contrary, a decrease in Capital goods was recorded at 19.1%.
Table 4
IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
MOP thousand
Broad economic 2002 2003 Year-on-year
category Jan. - Apr. Structure % Jan. - Apr. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 5 937 326 100.0 6 339 629 100.0 6.8
Consumer goods 2 093 893 35.3 2 422 187 38.2 15.7
Raw materials and 2 515 206 42.4 2 685 762 42.4 6.8
semi-manufactures
Fuels and lubricants 393 787 6.6 476 082 7.5 20.9
Capital goods 934 440 15.7 755 598 11.9 -19.1
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
Meanwhile, Macao’s main suppliers of imported goods still concentrated in the Asian region.
Among them, Mainland China and Hong Kong occupied 54.7% of the total import value. Comparing with the same period of 2002, the values of imports from Mainland China and Hong Kong increased by 11.7% and 1.9% respectively. On the other hand, an increase was registered in the value of imports from the EU (+10.8%), while a decrease was recorded from the USA (-6.0%); they accounted for 13.2% and 4.4% of the total import value respectively.
Table 5
IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main country/ 2002 2003 Year-on-year
territory Jan. - Apr. Structure % Jan. - Apr. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 5 937 326 100.0 6 339 629 100.0 6.8
EU 757 661 12.8 839 385 13.2 10.8
France 259 981 4.4 270 409 4.3 4.0
United Kingdom 139 581 2.4 129 668 2.0 -7.1
Germany 109 685 1.8 189 636 3.0 72.9
Portugal 28 172 0.5 25 115 0.4 -10.9
USA 296 217 5.0 278 329 4.4 -6.0
Mainland China 2 297 217 38.7 2 565 724 40.5 11.7
Hong Kong 886 504 14.9 903 393 14.2 1.9
Taiwan 328 487 5.5 370 566 5.8 12.8
Republic of Korea 370 629 6.2 205 235 3.2 -44.6
Japan 413 142 7.0 525 998 8.3 27.3
Australia 93 465 1.6 108 916 1.7 16.5
Others 494 004 8.3 542 083 8.6 9.7
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
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Available tables
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.
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