Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS
MAY/2006 No. 5
In May 2006, Macao’s total value of exports amounted to MOP1.84 billion, up 42.7% over the same month of 2005. Among this, the value of domestic exports surged 67.4% to MOP1.32 billion and the value of re-exports rose 3.4% to MOP516 million. Value of imports amounted to MOP3.23 billion, up 31.8% over the same period of 2005. A trade deficit of MOP1.39 billion was recorded this month.
During the period of January - May 2006, the value of total exports increased 39.3% year-on-year to MOP8.25 billion. Among this, the value of domestic exports rose 56.2% and the value of re-exports went up 8.2%. Meanwhile, the value of imports amounted to MOP14.08 billion, up 29.8% over the same period of 2005.
In the first five months of 2006, Macao’s trade balance registered a deficit of MOP5.83 billion. During this period, the exports/imports ratio increased from 54.6% in the corresponding period of 2005 to 58.6%.
Table 1
PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL TRADE
MOP thousand
2005 2006 Year-on-year
% change Principal indicators
May Jan. – May May Jan. – May May Jan. – May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Exports 1 289 174 5 926 093 1 839 298 8 253 028 42.7 39.3 Domestic exports 790 600 3 836 954 1 323 690 5 993 100 67.4 56.2 Re-exports 498 574 2 089 139 515 607 2 259 928 3.4 8.2 Imports 2 452 327 10 845 312 3 231 359 14 078 830 31.8 29.8 Trade balance a -1 163 152 -4 919 218 -1 392 062 -5 825 803 -19.7 -18.4
Exports/Imports ratio 52.6 54.6 56.9 58.6 .. ..
a Trade balance is the difference between the value of exports and imports.
.. Not applicable
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
In the first five months of 2006, the value of Textile & garment exports, which accounted for 74.9%
of the total exports, grew 45.4% over the same period of 2005. Moreover, the value of Non-textile exports also rose 23.8%. As the major components of the non-textile exports, Machines and apparatus, parts &
accessories thereof and Footwear both expanded 7.4% and 198.0% respectively year-on-year.
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Table 2
EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
MOP thousand 2005 2006 Principal commodities Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
% change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 5 926 093 100.0 8 253 028 100.0 39.3
Textile and garment 4 251 633 71.7 6 179 974 74.9 45.4
Garment of:
Knitted fabrics 1 980 725 33.4 3 153 163 38.2 59.2
Non-knitted fabrics 1 389 237 23.4 2 293 157 27.8 65.1
Textile fabrics 516 365 8.7 506 889 6.1 -1.8
Textile yarn and threads 328 924 5.6 189 483 2.3 -42.4
Others 36 382 0.6 37 283 0.5 2.5
Non-textile 1 674 461 28.3 2 073 054 25.1 23.8
Machines and apparatus; 481 622 8.1 517 414 6.3 7.4
parts and accessories thereof
Footwear 36 032 0.6 107 381 1.3 198.0
Image and sound appliances 22 909 0.4 15 157 0.2 -33.8
Others 1 133 898 19.1 1 433 101 17.4 26.4
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 major export markets, together making up 66.6% of the total value of exports. Among this, exports to the USA, which made up 48.9% of the total value of exports, increased 53.9% over the same period of 2005; exports to the EU, which made up 17.7% of the total value of exports, also grew 117.9% over the same period of 2005. As regards the Asian markets, Mainland China and Hong Kong together absorbed 24.1% of Macao’s total value of exports. Compared with the corresponding period of 2005, the value of exports to Mainland China and Hong Kong rose 0.2% and 11.6% respectively.
Table 3
EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/ TERRITORY
MOP thousand 2005 2006 Main countries/
territories Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
% change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 5 926 093 100.0 8 253 028 100.0 39.3
EU 669 034 11.3 1 457 920 17.7 117.9
Germany 248 167 4.2 567 526 6.9 128.7
United Kingdom 126 996 2.1 281 191 3.4 121.4
France 114 821 1.9 263 296 3.2 129.3
Portugal 5 152 0.1 3 370 0.0 -34.6
USA 2 622 416 44.3 4 036 147 48.9 53.9
Mainland China 1 166 250 19.7 1 168 355 14.2 0.2
Hong Kong 735 749 12.4 820 907 9.9 11.6
Taiwan, China 78 281 1.3 43 826 0.5 -44.0
Japan 73 204 1.2 61 048 0.7 -16.6
Australia 12 524 0.2 11 645 0.1 -7.0
Others 568 635 9.6 653 180 7.9 14.9
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
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During the period of January - May 2006, Macao’s total value of imports grew 29.8% year-on-year, mainly due to the increase in the value of imports by broad economic categories, namely Fuels & lubricants (40.8%), Consumer goods (32.6%), Raw materials & semi-manufactures (28.2%) and Capital goods (21.8%).
Table 4
IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
MOP thousand 2005 2006 Broad economic
categories Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
% change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 10 845 312 100.0 14 078 830 100.0 29.8
Consumer goods 4 066 596 37.5 5 391 549 38.3 32.6
Raw materials and 3 679 626 33.9 4 716 644 33.5 28.2
semi-manufactures
Fuels and lubricants 1 034 137 9.5 1 455 744 10.3 40.8
Capital goods 2 064 952 19.0 2 514 894 17.9 21.8
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 55.2% of the total value of imports. Compared with the same period of 2005, the value of imports from Mainland China and Hong Kong increased 46.2%
and 31.1% respectively. Moreover, total value of imports from the EU and the USA went up 11.0% and 45.0% respectively. The EU and the USA accounted for 12.2% and 5.2% of the total value of imports respectively.
Table 5
IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/TERRITORY
MOP thousand 2005 2006 Main countries/
territories Jan. – May Structure % Jan. – May Structure %
Year-on-year
% change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 10 845 312 100.0 14 078 830 100.0 29.8
EU 1 546 386 14.3 1 716 997 12.2 11.0
France 412 533 3.8 526 931 3.7 27.7
United Kingdom 220 770 2.0 224 633 1.6 1.7
Germany 389 620 3.6 469 772 3.3 20.6
Portugal 47 803 0.4 43 346 0.3 -9.3
USA 506 868 4.7 734 841 5.2 45.0
Mainland China 4 323 882 39.9 6 320 293 44.9 46.2
Hong Kong 1 102 353 10.2 1 445 322 10.3 31.1
Taiwan, China 453 313 4.2 458 892 3.3 1.2
Republic of Korea 263 009 2.4 293 096 2.1 11.4
Japan 1 242 831 11.5 1 206 909 8.6 -2.9
Australia 128 158 1.2 170 917 1.2 33.4
Others 1 278 512 11.8 1 731 563 12.3 35.4
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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