Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS
JANUARY/2012 No. 1
The total merchandise export for January 2012 amounted to MOP622 million, down by 4.7% year-on- year, of which value of domestic exports (MOP203 million) decreased by 18.4%, but that of re-exports (MOP419 million) increased by 3.8%. Total merchandise import amounted to MOP5.68 billion, up by 16.3% year-on-year.
In January 2012, merchandise trade deficit widened by 19.6% year-on-year to MOP5.06 billion. Total value of external merchandise trade amounted to MOP6.30 billion, up by 13.9% compared with MOP5.53 billion in January 2011.
TABLE 1 － PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
Million MOP Principal indicator January 2011 January 2012 Year-on-year %
Exports 653.0 622.3 -4.7
Domestic exports 248.9 203.0 -18.4
Re-exports 404.1 419.3 3.8
Imports 4 881.9 5 679.9 16.3
Trade balance (Exp.-Imp.) -4 228.9 -5 057.7 -19.6
Exports/Imports ratio (%) 13.4 11.0 ..
.. Not applicable
In January 2012, exports of Textile & garment declined by 31.6% year-on-year to MOP105 million, of which value of Knitted or crocheted garment and Non-knitted or non-crocheted garment decreased by 29.7% and 24.1% respectively. Exports of Non-textile grew by 3.6% year-on-year to MOP517 million, with value of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof and Articles for casino rising notably by 154.9%
and 165.9% respectively, but that of Clocks & watches dropping by 35.8%.
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TABLE 2 － EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
Million MOP
Commodity January 2011 January 2012 Year-on-year %
Total 653.0 622.3 -4.7
Textile and garment 154.2 105.4 -31.6
Of which:
Garment, knitted or crocheted 75.4 53.0 -29.7
Garment, not knitted or crocheted 61.7 46.8 -24.1
Textile fabrics 11.1 2.6 -76.3
Non-textile 498.8 516.9 3.6
Of which:
Machines and apparatus, parts
and accessories thereof 28.2 71.8 154.9
Diamond and diamond jewellery 65.4 62.0 -5.3
Tobacco and wine 56.1 47.3 -15.8
Clocks and watches 66.3 42.6 -35.8
Copper and articles thereof 33.8 29.7 -11.9
Articles for casino 10.0 26.6 165.9
Analysed by destination, merchandise export to Hong Kong (MOP305 million), the USA (MOP48 million) and the EU (MOP34 million) in January 2012 decreased by 5.1%, 29.6% and 37.7% respectively year-on-year, but that to Mainland China (MOP79 million) increased by 14.6%.
TABLE 3 － EXPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY
Million MOP
Country / territory January 2011 January 2012 Year-on-year %
Total 653.0 622.3 -4.7
Hong Kong 321.3 305.0 -5.1
Mainland China 68.6 78.6 14.6
USA 67.8 47.8 -29.6
EU 54.2 33.7 -37.7
Of which:
Germany 17.3 11.9 -31.2
France 9.8 5.5 -43.7
United Kingdom 7.0 3.3 -52.2
Italy 1.5 0# -96.6
Vietnam 13.9 13.9 0#
Japan 8.9 11.1 24.5
Australia 2.4 8.7 264.8
Singapore 2.7 6.1 124.5
Canada 3.3 4.7 42.2
Mexico 8.4 3.8 -55.3
Others 101.5 109.0 7.4
0# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed
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In January 2012, total merchandise import increased by 16.3% year-on-year to MOP5.68 billion, with that of Consumer goods (MOP3.61 billion) and Capital goods (MOP978 million) rising by 16.0% and 23.9%
respectively year-on-year.
TABLE 4 － IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
Million MOP
Commodity January 2011 January 2012 Year-on-year %
Total 4 881.9 5 679.9 16.3
Consumer goods 3 108.8 3 605.1 16.0
Capital goods 789.8 978.2 23.9
Fuels and lubricants 461.4 588.9 27.6
Raw materials and
semi-manufactures 522.0 507.7 -2.7
Analysed by imports of Consumer goods, in January 2012, value of Food & beverages (MOP805 million) shrank by 4.4% year-on-year; Other durable consumer goods (MOP1.29 billion) grew by 39.4%, with Watches (MOP392 million) rising by 36.1%; Other semi-durable consumer goods (MOP848 million) expanded by 17.1%, with Handbags & wallets (MOP381 million) rising by 44.2%.
TABLE 5 － IMPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS
Million MOP
Category of consumer goods January 2011 January 2012 Year-on-year %
Total 3 108.8 3 605.1 16.0
Household consumption goods 841.8 804.9 -4.4
(food and beverages)
Motor cars and motorcycles 149.9 188.6 25.8
Other durable consumer goods 928.1 1 294.2 39.4
Of which:
Gold jewellery 418.0 451.4 8.0
Watches 288.1 392.1 36.1
Other semi-durable consumer goods 724.5 848.3 17.1
Of which:
Handbags and wallets 264.2 381.0 44.2
Footwear 98.0 117.1 19.4
Other non-durable consumer goods 464.4 469.2 1.0
Of which:
Beauty, cosmetic and skin- care
119.4 136.1 14.0
products
Tobacco 70.2 35.3 -49.7
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Within the imports of Capital goods, growth in imports of information technology products moderated slightly in January 2012, with value of Mobile phones (MOP539 million) rising by 54.3% year-on-year, but that of Portable computers (MOP76 million) falling by 5.4%.
TABLE 6 － IMPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS
Million MOP
Category of capital goods January 2011 January 2012 Year-on-year %
Total 789.8 978.2 23.9
Of which:
Mobile phones 349.2 538.8 54.3
Portable computers 79.8 75.5 -5.4
Computer hard disk 45.9 50.3 9.5
Slot machines, parts
and accessories thereof 37.4 39.4 5.3
Computer systems 14.3 11.1 -21.9
In January 2012, merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP1.73 billion), the EU (MOP1.44 billion) and Hong Kong (MOP665 million) rose by 23.9%, 9.4% and 20.9% respectively year-on-year.
TABLE 7 － IMPORTS BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY
Million MOP
Country / territory January 2011 January 2012 Year-on-year %
Total 4 881.9 5 679.9 16.3
Mainland China 1 398.7 1 733.5 23.9
EU 1 318.1 1 441.4 9.4
Of which:
France 546.0 557.7 2.1
Italy 368.2 536.4 45.7
Germany 126.2 125.1 -0.9
United Kingdom 78.9 75.8 -4.0
Hong Kong 549.9 665.0 20.9
Switzerland 372.4 477.3 28.1
USA 274.6 383.9 39.8
Japan 287.2 269.7 -6.1
Singapore 113.7 152.0 33.7
Korea, Republic of 69.2 109.5 58.2
Taiwan, China 90.5 91.8 1.4
Thailand 80.4 64.9 -19.3
Malaysia 52.3 62.3 19.1
Others 274.8 228.7 -16.8
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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.
Note 1: Due to rounding, the total may not correspond to the sum of the 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 “Time Series Database” of our website.
