Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS
JANUARY/2006 No. 1
In January 2006, Macao’s total value of exports amounted to MOP2.06 billion, up 39.5% over the same month of 2005. Among this, the value of domestic exports went up 53.5% to MOP1.69 billion, while the value of re-exports decreased 1.5% to MOP371 million. Value of imports amounted to MOP2.64 billion, up 17.6% over the same period of 2005.
Table 1
PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL TRADE
MOP thousand
2005 2006 Year-on-year
% change Principal indicators
January January January
1 2 3 4
Exports 1 479 504 2 064 276 39.5
Domestic exports 1 103 001 1 693 348 53.5
Re-exports 376 503 370 928 -1.5
Imports 2 244 423 2 639 195 17.6
Trade balancea -764 919 -574 919 24.8
Exports/Imports ratio(%) 65.9 78.2 . .
a Trade balance is the difference between the export and import values.
. . Not applicable
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
In January 2006, Macao’s trade balance registered a deficit of MOP575 million. During this period, the exports/imports ratio increased from 65.9% in the same month of 2005 to 78.2%.
In January 2006, the value of Textile & garment exports, which accounted for 82.5% of the total exports, increased 48.0% over the same period of 2005. Moreover, the value of Non-textile exports also went up 10.0%. As the major components of the non-textile exports, Machines and apparatus, parts &
accessories thereof expanded 14.2%, whereas Footwear fell 49.1% year-on-year.
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Table 2
EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
MOP thousand
2005 2006 Year-on-year
Principal commodity
January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 1 479 504 100.0 2 064 276 100.0 39.5
Textile and garment 1 151 043 77.8 1 703 083 82.5 48.0
Garment of:
Knitted fabrics 579 080 39.1 917 437 44.4 58.4
Non-knitted fabrics 421 622 28.5 681 892 33.0 61.7
Textile fabrics 109 347 7.4 82 745 4.0 -24.3
Textile yarn and threads 35 561 2.4 12 538 0.6 -64.7
Others 5 432 0.4 8 471 0.4 55.9
Non-textile 328 461 22.2 361 192 17.5 10.0
Machines and apparatus; 83 541 5.6 95 412 4.6 14.2
parts and accessories thereof
Footwear 13 078 0.9 6 653 0.3 -49.1
Image and sound appliances 2 656 0.2 4 329 0.2 62.9
Others 229 187 15.5 254 800 12.3 11.2
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 major export markets, together making up 75.7% of the total value of exports. Among this, exports to the USA, which made up 55.5% of the total value of exports, increased 64.0%; exports to the EU, which made up 20.2% of the total value of exports, also increased 61.4% over the same period of 2005. As regards the Asian markets, Mainland China and Hong Kong together absorbed 16.1% of Macao’s total value of exports. Compared with the corresponding period of 2005, the value of exports to Mainland China dropped by 28.1%, whereas the value of exports to Hong Kong rose by 33.1%.
Table 3
EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/ TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main country/ 2005 2006 Year-on-year
territory January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 1 479 504 100.0 2 064 276 100.0 39.5
EU 258 772 17.5 417 736 20.2 61.4
Germany 91 350 6.2 126 387 6.1 38.4
United Kingdom 40 504 2.7 92 073 4.5 127.3
France 56 062 3.8 67 411 3.3 20.2
Portugal 1 094 0.1 1 333 0.1 21.9
USA 698 619 47.2 1 145 875 55.5 64.0
Mainland China 217 839 14.7 156 555 7.6 -28.1
Hong Kong 131 965 8.9 175 668 8.5 33.1
Taiwan, China 20 439 1.4 7 023 0.3 -65.6
Japan 16 456 1.1 13 424 0.7 -18.4
Australia 3 006 0.2 4 587 0.2 52.6
Others 132 408 8.9 143 408 6.9 8.3
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
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In January 2006, Macao’s total value of imports increased 17.6% year-on-year. In terms of broad economic categories, Fuels & lubricants, Capital goods and Consumer goods rose 60.5%, 27.9% and 18.7% respectively, whereas Raw materials & semi-manufactures remained unchanged.
Table 4
IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
MOP thousand
Broad economic 2005 2006 Year-on-year
category January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 2 244 423 100.0 2 639 195 100.0 17.6
Consumer goods 955 543 42.6 1 134 394 43.0 18.7
Raw materials and 722 143 32.2 722 170 27.4 0.0
semi-manufactures
Fuels and lubricants 177 091 7.9 284 252 10.8 60.5
Capital goods 389 646 17.4 498 379 18.9 27.9
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.
Imports from Mainland China and Hong Kong together constituted 52.0% of the total value of imports.
Compared with the same period of 2005, the value of imports from Mainland China and Hong Kong rose 26.1% and 17.6% respectively. Moreover, total value of imports from the EU and the USA went up 7.4%
and 15.9% respectively compared with the same period of 2005. The EU and the USA accounted for 12.8% and 4.8% of the total value of imports respectively.
Table 5
IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main country/ 2005 2006 Year-on-year
territory January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 2 244 423 100.0 2 639 195 100.0 17.6
EU 314 944 14.0 338 173 12.8 7.4
France 99 304 4.4 115 994 4.4 16.8
United Kingdom 44 025 2.0 40 832 1.5 -7.3
Germany 64 554 2.9 70 918 2.7 9.9
Portugal 9 110 0.4 6 439 0.2 -29.3
USA 108 323 4.8 125 564 4.8 15.9
Mainland China 858 346 38.2 1 082 571 41.0 26.1
Hong Kong 246 567 11.0 289 985 11.0 17.6
Taiwan, China 104 136 4.6 82 481 3.1 -20.8
Republic of Korea 71 302 3.2 69 177 2.6 -3.0
Japan 237 850 10.6 241 708 9.2 1.6
Australia 33 534 1.5 42 612 1.6 27.1
Others 269 421 12.0 366 924 13.9 36.2
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
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The following statistical tables can be downloaded from our website
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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