Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS
OCTOBER/2009 No. 10
The value of total exports of goods amounted to MOP583 million in October 2009, down by 49.8%
year-on-year, with the value of domestic exports falling by 71.8% to MOP181 million and that of re- exports dropping by 22.6% to MOP402 million. The value of total imports of goods amounted to MOP3.17 billion, down by 11.6% year-on-year. A trade deficit of MOP2.59 billion was recorded for October 2009.
From January to October 2009, total value of merchandise exports fell by 54.7% year-on-year to MOP6.36 billion, with the value of domestic exports and re-exports declining by 69.7% and 31.7%
respectively; meanwhile, total value of merchandise imports slid by 18.5% to MOP29.62 billion over the same period of 2008.
The trade deficit for the first ten months of 2009 widened by 4.2% year-on-year to MOP23.26 billion;
the exports/imports ratio went down by 17.1 percentage points to 21.5%.
TABLE 1 － PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
’000 MOP
2008 2009 Year-on-year %
Indicator
October Jan. – Oct. October Jan. – Oct. October Jan. – Oct.
Exports 1 161 323 14 045 889 582 914 6 358 509 -49.8 -54.7
Domestic exports 641 344 8 515 929 180 605 2 579 374 -71.8 -69.7 Re-exports 519 979 5 529 960 402 309 3 779 135 -22.6 -31.7
Imports 3 589 625 36 366 533 3 174 639 29 620 977 -11.6 -18.5
Trade balance (Exp.-Imp.) -2 428 302 -22 320 643 -2 591 725 -23 262 468 -6.7 -4.2
Exports/Imports ratio (%) 32.4 38.6 18.4 21.5 .. ..
.. Not applicable
The value of Textile & garment exports shrank by 73.1% year-on-year to account for 34.6% of the total exports in the first ten months of 2009; meanwhile, the value of Non-textile exports decreased by 29.1%, with that of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof dropping by 53.7%, but value of Jewellery exports rising by 7.7%.
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TABLE 2 － EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Commodity
Jan. – Oct. Structure % Jan. – Oct. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 14 045 889 100.0 6 358 509 100.0 -54.7
Textile and garment 8 174 003 58.2 2 197 005 34.6 -73.1
Of which:
Garment, knitted or crocheted 4 410 169 31.4 1 136 720 17.9 -74.2
Garment, not knitted or crocheted 3 126 590 22.3 737 713 11.6 -76.4
Textile fabrics 428 795 3.1 194 210 3.1 -54.7
Textile yarn and thread 164 920 1.2 105 461 1.7 -36.1
Non-textile 5 871 887 41.8 4 161 504 65.4 -29.1
Of which:
Jewellery 571 207 4.1 615 263 9.7 7.7
Machines and apparatus,
parts and accessories thereof 1 030 909 7.3 477 793 7.5 -53.7
Tobacco and wine 309 167 2.2 263 846 4.1 -14.7
Articles of copper 328 840 2.3 202 176 3.2 -38.5
Image and sound appliances 111 459 0.8 129 613 2.0 16.3
Analyzed by destination of merchandise exports, value of exports to Hong Kong declined by 8.5%
year-on-year and that to the USA, the EU and Mainland China dropped notably by 79.6%, 59.5% and 45.4%
respectively.
TABLE 3 － EXPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Country / territory
Jan. – Oct. Structure % Jan. – Oct. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 14 045 889 100.0 6 358 509 100.0 -54.7
EU 1 368 494 9.7 554 725 8.7 -59.5
Of which:
Germany 550 263 3.9 261 832 4.1 -52.4
United Kingdom 279 091 2.0 93 868 1.5 -66.4
France 183 782 1.3 74 406 1.2 -59.5
Italy 82 023 0.6 14 631 0.2 -82.2
Hong Kong 2 645 578 18.8 2 421 793 38.1 -8.5
USA 5 774 910 41.1 1 175 608 18.5 -79.6
Mainland China 1 686 481 12.0 921 455 14.5 -45.4
Vietnam 146 992 1.0 145 978 2.3 -0.7
Taiwan, China 191 089 1.4 127 072 2.0 -33.5
Philippines 120 232 0.9 85 078 1.3 -29.2
Japan 189 186 1.3 84 072 1.3 -55.6
Mexico 153 004 1.1 73 398 1.2 -52.0
Others 1 769 923 12.6 769 330 12.1 -56.5
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In the first ten months of 2009, total value of merchandise imports decreased by 18.5% year-on-year.
The value of imports by Broad Economic Category registered year-on-year decrease, of which Raw materials
& semi-manufactures declined by 40.4%, Fuels & lubricants fell by 25.3% and Consumer goods recorded a mild decrease of 5.2%.
TABLE 4 － IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Commodity
Jan. – Oct. Structure % Jan. – Oct. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 36 366 533 100.0 29 620 977 100.0 -18.5
Consumer goods 16 478 396 45.3 15 628 096 52.8 -5.2
Raw materials and
semi-manufactures 7 872 884 21.6 4 692 988 15.8 -40.4
Fuels and lubricants 4 986 289 13.7 3 724 857 12.6 -25.3
Capital goods 7 028 964 19.3 5 575 036 18.8 -20.7
Among the imports of Consumer goods, value of Passenger motor cars & motorcycles fell by 32.4%
year-on-year, and Other semi-durable consumer goods (clothing and footwear) also dropped by 30.4%;
however, value of imports of Household consumption goods registered a 17.4% increase.
TABLE 5 － IMPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Principal category
of consumer goods Jan. – Oct. Structure % Jan. – Oct. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 16 478 396 100.0 15 628 096 100.0 -5.2
Household consumption goods (food and beverages)
3 532 858 21.4 4 149 068 26.5 17.4
Passenger motor cars and motorcycles
1 260 201 7.6 851 928 5.5 -32.4
Other consumer goods 11 685 337 70.9 10 627 099 68.0 -9.1
Durable consumer goods 4 546 786 27.6 4 688 116 30.0 3.1
Semi-durable consumer goods 4 013 658 24.4 2 792 534 17.9 -30.4
Non-durable consumer goods 3 124 893 19.0 3 146 450 20.1 0.7
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Imports of all principal categories of Raw materials & semi-manufactures registered decreases, with value of construction materials and textile materials falling by 68.5% and 58.5% respectively year-on-year.
TABLE 6 － IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS & SEMI-MANUFACTURES
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Principal category of raw
materials & semi-manufactures Jan. – Oct. Structure % Jan. – Oct. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 7 872 884 100.0 4 692 988 100.0 -40.4
Of which:
Textile materials 2 008 967 25.5 834 165 17.8 -58.5
Construction materials 1 911 552 24.3 602 933 12.8 -68.5
Raw materials and semi-manufactures for furskins, paper and plastics
478 111 6.1 346 917 7.4 -27.4
Semi-manufactures of machinery and electrical machines
401 100 5.1 302 508 6.4 -24.6
Glass materials 326 314 4.1 180 496 3.8 -44.7
Copper and aluminium materials and semi-manufactures thereof
409 818 5.2 171 919 3.7 -58.1
In the first ten months of 2009, value of merchandise imports from Mainland China and Hong Kong dropped by 37.1% and 10.7% respectively year-on-year, but that from the EU and the USA rose by 5.1% and 0.8% respectively.
TABLE 7 － IMPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY
’000 MOP 2008 2009 Country / territory
Jan. – Oct. Structure % Jan. – Oct. Structure %
Year-on-year
%
Total 36 366 533 100.0 29 620 977 100.0 -18.5
EU 5 874 441 16.2 6 176 798 20.9 5.1
Of which:
France 1 830 059 5.0 2 329 590 7.9 27.3
Italy 1 000 710 2.8 1 350 057 4.6 34.9
Germany 912 956 2.5 784 851 2.6 -14.0
United Kingdom 706 775 1.9 609 945 2.1 -13.7
Mainland China 14 763 447 40.6 9 287 810 31.4 -37.1
Hong Kong 3 610 254 9.9 3 225 123 10.9 -10.7
Japan 3 095 434 8.5 2 396 018 8.1 -22.6
USA 1 844 509 5.1 1 858 497 6.3 0.8
Switzerland 1 694 810 4.7 1 832 542 6.2 8.1
Singapore 1 392 426 3.8 1 022 073 3.5 -26.6
Taiwan, China 1 202 904 3.3 947 011 3.2 -21.3
Republic of Korea 415 655 1.1 436 017 1.5 4.9
Australia 333 209 0.9 418 563 1.4 25.6
Thailand 432 866 1.2 382 452 1.3 -11.6
Malaysia 450 035 1.2 363 573 1.2 -19.2
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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.
