EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS

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Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS

AUGUST/2004 No. 8

In August 2004, Macao’s total export value amounted to MOP2.37 billion, up 21.3% over the same month of 2003. Among this, the value of domestic exports increased 19.2% to MOP1.93 billion, and the value of re-exports went up 31.8% to MOP439 million. Value of imports amounted to MOP2.45 billion, up 29.2% over the same period of 2003. A trade deficit of MOP81 million was recorded this month.

During the period of January - August 2004, the value of total exports recorded a year-on-year increase of 8.7% to MOP14.85 billion. Among this, the value of domestic exports went up 6.3% and the value of re-exports rose 17.7%. Meanwhile, the value of imports amounted to MOP17.87 billion, up 26.4% over the same period of 2003.

Table 1

PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL TRADE

MOP thousand

2003 2004 Year-on-year

% change Principal indicators

August Jan. – Aug. August Jan. – Aug. August Jan. – Aug.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Exports 1 955 651 13 652 674 2 372 283 14 846 039 21.3 8.7

Domestic exports 1 622 337 10 705 772 1 933 065 11 377 317 19.2 6.3 Re-exports 333 314 2 946 902 439 218 3 468 722 31.8 17.7

Imports 1 899 296 14 137 136 2 453 671 17 865 934 29.2 26.4

Trade balance ^a 56 354 -484 462 -81 389 -3 019 896 -244.4 -523.4

Exports/Imports ratio(%) 103.0 96.6 96.7 83.1 .. ..

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 the first eight months of 2004, Macao’s trade balance registered a deficit of MOP3.02 billion.

During this period, the exports/imports ratio decreased from 96.6% in the corresponding period of 2003 to 83.1%.

In the first eight months of 2004, the value of Textile & garment exports, which accounted for 80.4% of total exports, increased 4.4% over the same period of 2003. Moreover, the value of Non-textile exports also went up 31.1%. Major components of the non-textile exports, namely Machines and apparatus, parts & accessories thereof and Footwear registered year-on-year increases of 85.7% and 25.2% respectively.

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Table 2

EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY

MOP thousand

2003 2004 Year-on-year

Principal commodity

Jan. – Aug. Structure % Jan. – Aug. Structure % % change

1 2 3 4 5 6

Total 13 652 674 100.0 14 846 039 100.0 8.7

Textile and garment 11 428 482 83.7 11 930 277 80.4 4.4

Garment of:

Knitted fabrics 5 418 149 39.7 5 676 294 38.2 4.8

Non-knitted fabrics 4 181 182 30.6 4 532 114 30.5 8.4

Textile fabrics 1 012 170 7.4 1 031 464 6.9 1.9

Textile yarn and threads 589 901 4.3 581 457 3.9 -1.4

Others 227 081 1.7 108 949 0.7 -52.0

Non-textile 2 224 192 16.3 2 915 761 19.6 31.1

Machines and apparatus; 388 999 2.8 722 320 4.9 85.7

parts and accessories thereof

Footwear 505 154 3.7 632 310 4.3 25.2

Cement 27 320 0.2 4 045 0.0 -85.2

Others 1 302 719 9.5 1 557 087 10.5 19.5

The USA and the EU remained as Macao’s two largest export markets, together making up 70.4%

of the total export value. Among this, exports to the USA, which made up 48.3% of the total export value, increased 6.2% in value over the same period of 2003. Exports to the EU, which made up 22.1% of the total exports, increased 4.8% in value over the same period of 2003. As regards the Asian markets, the Mainland China and Hong Kong together absorbed 21.8% of Macao’s total export value. Compared with the corresponding period of 2003, the value of exports to the Mainland China and Hong Kong rose 4.6%

and 33.6% respectively.

Table 3

EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/ TERRITORY

MOP thousand

Main country/ 2003 2004 Year-on-year

territory Jan. – Aug. Structure % Jan. – Aug. Structure % % change

1 2 3 4 5 6

Total 13 652 674 100.0 14 846 039 100.0 8.7

EU 3 132 318 22.9 3 282 540 22.1 4.8

Germany 1 124 301 8.2 1 224 720 8.2 8.9

United Kingdom 546 908 4.0 655 811 4.4 19.9

France 441 739 3.2 435 428 2.9 -1.4

Portugal 26 614 0.2 18 769 0.1 -29.5

USA 6 757 805 49.5 7 177 534 48.3 6.2

Mainland China 1 941 400 14.2 2 031 497 13.7 4.6

Hong Kong 897 650 6.6 1 199 625 8.1 33.6

Taiwan 77 144 0.6 105 392 0.7 36.6

Japan 104 830 0.8 119 837 0.8 14.3

Australia 14 225 0.1 19 882 0.1 39.8

Others 727 302 5.3 909 732 6.1 25.1

Note: 1) Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.

2) Since May 2004, the number of the EU member states has increased from 15 to 25.

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During the period of January - August 2004, Macao’s total import value increased 26.4% over the same period of 2003. In terms of broad economic categories, increases were registered in Capital goods (+56.5%), Consumer goods (+31.4%), Fuels & lubricants (+24.5%) and Raw materials & semi- manufactures (+12.8%).

Table 4

IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY

MOP thousand

Broad economic 2003 2004 Year-on-year

category Jan. – Aug. Structure % Jan. – Aug. Structure % % change

1 2 3 4 5 6

Total 14 137 136 100.0 17 865 934 100.0 26.4

Consumer goods 5 277 622 37.3 6 932 981 38.8 31.4

Raw materials and 5 950 938 42.1 6 711 944 37.6 12.8

semi-manufactures

Fuels and lubricants 1 032 962 7.3 1 285 936 7.2 24.5

Capital goods 1 875 614 13.3 2 935 073 16.4 56.5

Meanwhile, Macao’s main suppliers of imported goods were still in the Asian region. Imports from the Mainland China and Hong Kong together constituted 54.9% of the total import value.

Compared with the same period of 2003, the value of imports from the Mainland China and Hong Kong rose 30.3% and 0.3% respectively. In addition, total value of imports from the EU and the USA went up 35.3% and 36.2% respectively compared with the same period of 2003. The EU and the USA accounted for 12.7% and 4.2% of the total import value respectively.

Table 5

IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/TERRITORY

MOP thousand

Main country/ 2003 2004 Year-on-year

territory Jan. – Aug. Structure % Jan. – Aug. Structure % % change

1 2 3 4 5 6

Total 14 137 136 100.0 17 865 934 100.0 26.4

EU 1 679 430 11.9 2 271 929 12.7 35.3

France 498 474 3.5 609 032 3.4 22.2

United Kingdom 258 306 1.8 297 851 1.7 15.3

Germany 347 010 2.5 656 942 3.7 89.3

Portugal 57 206 0.4 72 462 0.4 26.7

USA 545 787 3.9 743 431 4.2 36.2

Mainland China 6 141 462 43.4 8 005 313 44.8 30.3

Hong Kong 1 798 803 12.7 1 804 877 10.1 0.3

Taiwan 842 394 6.0 905 600 5.1 7.5

Republic of Korea 463 760 3.3 532 127 3.0 14.7

Japan 1 199 763 8.5 1 677 275 9.4 39.8

Australia 219 780 1.6 222 301 1.2 1.1

Others 1 245 957 8.8 1 703 081 9.5 36.7

Note: 1) Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.

2) Since May 2004, the number of the EU member states has increased from 15 to 25.

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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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