Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS
MAY/2009 No. 5
The value of total exports of goods amounted to MOP570 million in May 2009, down by 65.7% year- on-year, with the value of domestic exports falling sharply by 75.2% to MOP242 million and that of re-exports dropping by 52.1% to MOP328 million. The value of total imports of goods amounted to MOP2.84 billion, down by 22.1% year-on-year. A trade deficit of MOP2.27 billion was recorded for May 2009.
From January to May 2009, total exports of goods fell by 53.3% year-on-year to MOP3.28 billion, with the value of domestic exports and re-exports declining by 67.5% and 29.9% respectively. Meanwhile, total imports of goods slid by 21.6% to MOP13.99 billion over the same period of 2008.
In the first five months of 2009, the trade deficit narrowed by 1.0% year-on-year to MOP10.71 billion;
the exports/imports ratio went down by 15.9 percentage points to 23.4%.
Table 1
PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
’000 MOP
2008 2009 Year-on-year %
Indicator
May Jan. – May May Jan. – May May Jan. – May
Exports 1 661 491 7 015 995 570 490 3 279 048 -65.7 -53.3
Domestic exports 975 169 4 362 585 242 042 1 418 191 -75.2 -67.5 Re-exports 686 322 2 653 409 328 449 1 860 858 -52.1 -29.9
Imports 3 652 157 17 835 125 2 843 277 13 988 349 -22.1 -21.6
Trade balance (Exp.-Imp.) -1 990 666 -10 819 130 -2 272 787 -10 709 301 -14.2 1.0
Exports/Imports ratio (%) 45.5 39.3 20.1 23.4 .. ..
.. Not applicable
The value of Textile & garment exports reduced by 69.3% year-on-year to account for 38.9% of the total exports in the first five months of 2009; meanwhile, the value of Non-textile exports decreased by 30.1%, with exports of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof dropping by 46.2%, and exports of Jewellery and Tobacco & wine falling by 15.9% and 12.9% respectively.
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Table 2
EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Commodity
Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 7 015 995 100.0 3 279 048 100.0 -53.3
Textile and garment 4 147 619 59.1 1 274 681 38.9 -69.3
Of which:
Garment, knitted or crocheted 2 235 937 31.9 676 871 20.6 -69.7
Garment, not knitted or crocheted 1 572 932 22.4 430 870 13.1 -72.6
Textile fabrics 230 842 3.3 103 770 3.2 -55.0
Textile yarn and thread 82 903 1.2 53 293 1.6 -35.7
Non-textile 2 868 376 40.9 2 004 367 61.1 -30.1
Of which:
Machines and apparatus,
parts and accessories thereof 572 811 8.2 308 389 9.4 -46.2
Jewellery 281 618 4.0 236 796 7.2 -15.9
Tobacco and wine 135 860 1.9 118 388 3.6 -12.9
Articles of copper 185 262 2.6 73 323 2.2 -60.4
Image and sound appliances 48 350 0.7 49 775 1.5 2.9
Analysed by major destination of Macao’s merchandise exports, in the first five months of 2009, the value of exports to Hong Kong, the USA and Mainland China together absorbed 71.6% of the total exports.
The value of exports to Hong Kong declined by 8.3% year-on-year, and the value of exports to the USA and Mainland China dropped notably by 76.2% and 42.7% respectively. In addition, the value of exports to the EU fell by 58.4%.
Table 3
EXPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Country / territory
Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 7 015 995 100.0 3 279 048 100.0 -53.3
EU 741 225 10.6 308 413 9.4 -58.4
Of which:
Germany 299 651 4.3 147 695 4.5 -50.7
United Kingdom 138 392 2.0 52 935 1.6 -61.7
France 90 954 1.3 41 188 1.3 -54.7
Italy 51 969 0.7 9 373 0.3 -82.0
Hong Kong 1 242 754 17.7 1 140 099 34.8 -8.3
USA 2 988 875 42.6 710 035 21.7 -76.2
Mainland China 861 486 12.3 494 054 15.1 -42.7
Vietnam 76 913 1.1 70 119 2.1 -8.8
Taiwan, China 84 049 1.2 65 466 2.0 -22.1
Philippines 58 798 0.8 46 275 1.4 -21.3
Mexico 55 451 0.8 39 029 1.2 -29.6
Japan 85 853 1.2 35 378 1.1 -58.8
Others 820 591 11.7 370 180 11.3 -54.9
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In the first five months of 2009, the value of total imports of goods dropped by 21.6% year-on-year;
the value of imports of all broad economic categories registered year-on-year decreases, of which Raw materials & semi-manufactures declined by 45.2%, Fuels & lubricants fell by 26.0% and Consumer goods recorded a slower decrease of 7.2%.
Table 4
IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Commodity
Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 17 835 125 100.0 13 988 349 100.0 -21.6
Consumer goods 7 818 350 43.8 7 255 560 51.9 -7.2
Raw materials and
semi-manufactures 4 204 490 23.6 2 303 597 16.5 -45.2
Fuels and lubricants 2 138 758 12.0 1 582 999 11.3 -26.0
Capital goods 3 673 526 20.6 2 846 194 20.3 -22.5
In the total imports of Consumer goods, the value of imports of Passenger motor cars &
motorcycles fell by 45.3% year-on-year and that of Other semi-durable consumer goods (e.g. clothing and footwear) dropped by 26.3%, but the value of imports of Household consumption and Other non-durable consumer goods (e.g. tobacco and skin-care products) rose by 10.0% and 3.9% respectively.
Table 5
IMPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Principal category
of consumer goods Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 7 818 350 100.0 7 255 560 100.0 -7.2
Household consumption (food and beverages)
1 741 460 22.3 1 916 366 26.4 10.0
Passenger motor cars and motorcycles
617 383 7.9 337 845 4.7 -45.3
Other consumer goods 5 459 507 69.8 5 001 349 68.9 -8.4
Durable consumer goods 2 090 370 26.7 2 060 812 28.4 -1.4
Semi-durable consumer goods 1 857 447 23.8 1 369 148 18.9 -26.3
Non-durable consumer goods 1 511 690 19.3 1 571 388 21.7 3.9
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Within the imports of Raw materials & semi-manufactures, the value of textile materials (19.3% of total) fell by 59.3% year-on-year and that of construction materials (13.8% of total) decreased by 73.9%.
Table 6
IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS & SEMI-MANUFACTURES
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Principal category of raw
materials & semi-manufactures Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 4 204 490 100.0 2 303 597 100.0 -45.2
Of which:
Textile materials 1 091 664 26.0 444 804 19.3 -59.3
Construction materials 1 219 499 29.0 318 878 13.8 -73.9
Raw materials and semi-manufactures for furskins, paper and plastics
247 551 5.9 155 954 6.8 -37.0
Semi-manufactures of machinery and electrical machines
177 324 4.2 143 245 6.2 -19.2
Copper and aluminium materials and semi-manufactures thereof
187 651 4.5 83 224 3.6 -55.6
Glass materials 173 861 4.1 60 938 2.6 -65.0
In the first five months of 2009, the value of imports from Mainland China and Hong Kong dropped by 43.0% and 16.3% respectively year-on-year, but that from the USA and the EU rose by 24.2% and 5.6%
respectively.
Table 7
IMPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Country / territory
Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 17 835 125 100.0 13 988 349 100.0 -21.6
EU 2 787 802 15.6 2 943 723 21.0 5.6
Of which:
France 815 156 4.6 1 068 619 7.6 31.1
Italy 358 170 2.0 712 303 5.1 98.9
Germany 505 154 2.8 400 594 2.9 -20.7
United Kingdom 300 641 1.7 242 542 1.7 -19.3
Mainland China 7 312 980 41.0 4 164 970 29.8 -43.0
Hong Kong 1 865 740 10.5 1 561 526 11.2 -16.3
Japan 1 652 340 9.3 1 064 894 7.6 -35.6
USA 795 563 4.5 987 811 7.1 24.2
Switzerland 702 358 3.9 817 252 5.8 16.4
Singapore 716 384 4.0 588 210 4.2 -17.9
Taiwan, China 605 867 3.4 464 426 3.3 -23.3
Republic of Korea 191 945 1.1 189 495 1.4 -1.3
Malaysia 193 273 1.1 188 942 1.4 -2.2
Others 1 010 873 5.7 1 017 100 7.3 0.6
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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.
