EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS NOVEMBER/2012

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Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS

NOVEMBER/2012 No. 11

Total merchandise export for November 2012 amounted to MOP691 million, up by 6.1% year-on- year, of which value of re-exports (MOP514 million) increased by 18.9%, but that of domestic exports (MOP177 million) decreased by 19.1%. Total merchandise import amounted to MOP6.41 billion, up by 6.2% year-on-year. Merchandise trade deficit amounted to MOP5.72 billion for November 2012.

From January to November 2012, total value of merchandise export increased by 19.9% year-on-year to MOP7.48 billion, of which value of re-exports increased by 32.2%, but that of domestic exports decreased by 3.3%. Total value of merchandise import grew by 15.4% to MOP64.47 billion over the same period of 2011.

Merchandise trade deficit for the first eleven months of 2012 amounted to MOP56.99 billion. From January to November 2012, total value of external merchandise trade reached MOP71.95 billion, up by 15.9% compared with MOP62.09 billion a year earlier.

TABLE 1 － PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE

Million MOP

2011 2012 Year-on-year %

Principal indicator

Nov. Jan. – Nov. Nov. Jan. – Nov. Nov. Jan. – Nov.

Exports 650.7 6 236.9 690.7 7 476.9 6.1 19.9

Domestic exports 218.5 2 165.4 176.8 2 094.6 -19.1 -3.3

Re-exports 432.2 4 071.5 513.8 5 382.4 18.9 32.2

Imports 6 037.7 55 850.2 6 413.8 64 469.6 6.2 15.4

Trade balance (Exp.-Imp.) -5 387.0 -49 613.3 -5 723.1 -56 992.7 -6.2 -14.9 Exports/Imports ratio (%) 10.8 11.2 10.8 11.6 . . . .

In November 2012, exports of Textiles & garments declined by 16.0% year-on-year, of which value of Knitted or crocheted garments and Textile fabrics decreased by 16.1% and 57.5% respectively.

Exports of Non-textiles increased by 10.1% year-on-year, of which value of Travel goods & handbags rose by 47.0%.

In the first eleven months of 2012, exports of Textiles & garments fell by 21.0% year-on-year to MOP975 million; meanwhile, exports of Non-textiles grew by 30.0% to MOP6.50 billion, with that of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof and Travel goods & handbags soaring by 146.9%

and 108.1% respectively.

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TABLE 2 － EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY

Million MOP

Commodity

Total 650.7 6 236.9 690.7 7 476.9 6.1 19.9

Textiles and garments 99.0 1 234.1 83.2 974.8 -16.0 -21.0 Garments, not knitted or crocheted 35.2 509.5 35.0 444.3 -0.4 -12.8 Garments, knitted or crocheted 43.5 471.7 36.5 377.7 -16.1 -19.9

Textile fabrics 11.4 146.0 4.8 62.2 -57.5 -57.4

Non-textiles 551.7 5 002.8 607.5 6 502.1 10.1 30.0

Machines and apparatus, parts

and accessories thereof 88.2 538.0 120.1 1 328.4 36.1 146.9

Tobacco and wine 67.4 598.6 58.3 687.7 -13.5 14.9

Copper and articles thereof 28.2 350.6 25.2 344.3 -10.7 -1.8

Articles for casino 57.0 268.3 44.7 340.3 -21.5 26.8

Travel goods and handbags 12.4 92.9 18.2 193.3 47.0 108.1 Diamond and diamond jewellery 6.8 216.2 1.7 189.9 -74.4 -12.2

Analysed by destination, merchandise export to Hong Kong (MOP3.78 billion) and Mainland China (MOP1.24 billion) in the first eleven months of 2012 increased by 37.4% and 25.1% respectively year-on- year, while export to the USA (MOP470 million) and the EU (MOP285 million) decreased by 6.5% and 18.2% respectively.

TABLE 3 － EXPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY

Million MOP

Country / territory

Total 650.7 6 236.9 690.7 7 476.9 6.1 19.9

Hong Kong 329.0 2 751.7 334.2 3 780.8 1.6 37.4

Mainland China 96.8 988.7 120.7 1 236.7 24.7 25.1

USA 43.8 502.9 49.1 470.0 12.2 -6.5

EU 26.1 348.1 23.8 284.6 -8.6 -18.2

Germany 4.0 113.2 4.7 74.8 19.6 -34.0

France 10.0 76.9 7.5 47.0 -25.0 -38.8

United Kingdom 2.9 43.7 1.5 32.2 -47.2 -26.4

Italy 1.6 11.9 0.9 17.0 -45.5 42.9

Japan 12.9 126.1 16.2 146.9 26.1 16.5

Vietnam 4.5 110.1 4.6 110.3 3.1 0.2

Singapore 13.0 57.0 8.3 57.3 -36.2 0.6

Australia 5.0 37.3 6.3 50.2 26.0 34.7

Canada 3.8 24.8 1.5 47.7 -59.7 92.4

Malaysia 0.2 37.3 11.5 30.2 5 937.8 -19.1

Others 115.6 1 253.1 114.3 1 262.2 -1.1 0.7

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In November 2012, total merchandise import amounted to MOP6.41 billion, up by 6.2% year-on-year, with that of Capital goods rising by 30.0% but that of Raw materials & semi-manufactures dropping by 10.8%.

In the first eleven months of 2012, total value of merchandise import grew by 15.4% year-on-year to MOP64.47 billion, with that of Consumer goods (MOP39.44 billion) and Capital goods (MOP11.85 billion) rising by 14.2% and 23.0% respectively.

TABLE 4 － IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY

Million MOP

Commodity

Total 6 037.7 55 850.2 6 413.8 64 469.6 6.2 15.4

Consumer goods 3 910.0 34 545.1 3 957.4 39 444.4 1.2 14.2

Capital goods 1 007.1 9 628.4 1 309.6 11 847.5 30.0 23.0

Fuels and lubricants 526.2 6 053.0 616.6 7 020.9 17.2 16.0 Raw materials and

semi-manufactures 594.4 5 623.7 530.2 6 156.7 -10.8 9.5

Analysed by imports of Consumer goods, in the first eleven months of 2012, value of Motor cars &

motorcycles (MOP2.99 billion) grew by 34.3% year-on-year; Other durable consumer goods (MOP14.53 billion) expanded by 22.9%, with Watches (MOP4.69 billion) rising by 33.4%; Other semi-durable consumer goods (MOP8.64 billion) increased by 12.1%, with Footwear (MOP1.29 billion) rising by 16.1%.

However, value of Tobacco (MOP436 million) fell notably by 40.4%.

TABLE 5 － IMPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS

Million MOP

Category of consumer goods

Total 3 910.0 34 545.1 3 957.4 39 444.4 1.2 14.2

Household consumption goods 789.6 7 757.7 796.6 7 828.3 0.9 0.9 (food and beverages)

Motor cars and motorcycles 304.3 2 223.8 305.1 2 987.3 0.3 34.3 Other durable consumer goods 1 378.4 11 821.2 1 498.6 14 529.8 8.7 22.9 Gold jewellery 738.8 5 870.3 785.7 6 906.0 6.3 17.6

Watches 374.6 3 517.6 483.4 4 691.0 29.0 33.4

Other semi-durable consumer goods 895.9 7 701.9 781.8 8 637.0 -12.7 12.1 Handbags and wallets 410.7 3 103.0 293.8 3 431.9 -28.5 10.6

Footwear 114.5 1 110.4 116.5 1 289.3 1.8 16.1

Other non-durable consumer goods 541.8 5 040.4 575.3 5 462.1 6.2 8.4 Beauty, cosmetic and skin-care 126.4 1 164.6 176.0 1 445.0 39.2 24.1 products

Tobacco 88.2 731.4 55.7 435.8 -36.9 -40.4

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Within the imports of Capital goods, in the first eleven months of 2012, value of Mobile phones (MOP5.48 billion) and Computer hard disks (MOP725 million) increased by 49.9% and 33.3% respectively year-on-year.

TABLE 6 － IMPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS

Million MOP

Commodity

Total 1 007.1 9 628.4 1 309.6 11 847.5 30.0 23.0

Mobile phones 461.1 3 657.3 711.4 5 483.0 54.3 49.9

Portable computers 85.7 1 004.8 97.9 1 044.2 14.3 3.9 Computer hard disks 15.4 543.5 44.0 724.6 186.0 33.3 Slot machines, parts

and accessories thereof

72.3 523.2 57.3 624.7 -20.8 19.4

In the first eleven months of 2012, merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP20.94 billion) and the EU (MOP15.19 billion) rose by 22.6% and 9.1% respectively year-on-year; the increase of merchandise import from Hong Kong (MOP7.57 billion) moderated further to 12.1%.

TABLE 7 － IMPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY

Million MOP

Country / territory

Total 6 037.7 55 850.2 6 413.8 64 469.6 6.2 15.4

Mainland China 1 810.2 17 075.1 2 134.9 20 940.3 17.9 22.6

EU 1 568.4 13 926.4 1 518.0 15 187.3 -3.2 9.1

France 580.5 5 698.2 565.0 5 669.2 -2.7 -0.5

Italy 531.0 4 175.3 414.7 4 866.4 -21.9 16.5

United Kingdom 120.6 905.7 205.3 1 583.6 70.3 74.9

Germany 175.4 1 395.7 173.4 1 543.0 -1.1 10.6

Hong Kong 816.5 6 754.7 801.1 7 570.1 -1.9 12.1

Switzerland 396.3 3 965.2 520.7 5 082.0 31.4 28.2

Japan 380.0 3 560.5 333.0 3 862.8 -12.4 8.5

USA 392.4 3 329.2 386.5 3 345.3 -1.5 0.5

Korea, Republic of 105.2 868.1 144.0 1 558.3 36.9 79.5

Singapore 88.3 1 281.9 99.9 1 362.0 13.2 6.2

Taiwan, China 128.5 1 207.1 98.1 1 211.4 -23.6 0.3

Thailand 56.9 695.2 86.4 830.6 51.8 19.5

Malaysia 41.9 625.4 53.3 830.5 27.2 32.8

Others 253.0 2 561.3 237.9 2 689.1 -6.0 5.0

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No.11 DSEC NOVEMBER/2012 EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS

The following statistical tables are available for download from DSEC 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

* Table 15 − Value and gross weight of goods by type of trade and mode of transport

* Available in March, June, September and December.

SITC: Standard International Trade Classification CAM: Classification of Economic Activities of Macao

Symbols and Notes

.. Not applicable

MOP Macao Pataca

Note 1 Due to rounding, total may not correspond to the sum of partial figures in the statistical tables.

Note 2 Figures in this publication are provisional and subject to revision later on. To obtain the latest information, please visit the “Database of External Merchandise Trade Statistics” or “Statistics Database” of our website.