Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS
OCTOBER/2003 No. 10
In October 2003, total export value of Macao amounted to MOP1.63 billion, up 1.8% over a year earlier. Among this, value of domestic exports increased by 0.4% to MOP1.25 billion, while that of re-exports also increased by 6.7% to MOP376 million. Concurrently, import value amounted to MOP1.94 billion, up 17.3% over a year earlier. Combining exports and imports, a trade deficit of MOP308 million was recorded.
For the first ten months of 2003, the value of total exports showed a year-on-year increase of 8.5%
to MOP16.88 billion. Among this, the value of domestic exports increased by 9.3%, whereas the value of re-exports also rose by 5.9%. Meanwhile, the value of imports amounted to MOP17.99 billion, up 7.2%
over a year earlier.
Table 1
PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL TRADE
MOP thousand2002 2003 Year-on-year
% change Principal indicators
October Jan. – Oct. October Jan. – Oct. October Jan. – Oct.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Exports 1 599 067 15 558 119 1 627 402 16 881 388 1.8 8.5
Domestic exports 1 246 651 12 068 962 1 251 321 13 187 489 0.4 9.3
Re-exports 352 416 3 489 157 376 081 3 693 899 6.7 5.9
Imports 1 650 024 16 779 305 1 935 821 17 994 304 17.3 7.2
Trade balance a - 50 957 -1 221 186 -308 419 -1 112 916 - 505.3 8.9
Exports/Imports ratio 96.9 92.7 84.1 93.8 . . . .
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.
During the first ten months of 2003, the trade balance of Macao stood at a deficit of MOP1.11 billion. During the same period, the exports/imports ratio increased from 92.7% in the corresponding period of 2002 to 93.8% in 2003.
For the period of January to October 2003 inclusive, the value of Textile & garment exports, which accounted for 83.4% of the total export value, increased by 7.7% over a year earlier. Moreover, the value of Non-textile exports also went up by 13.0%. The major components of non-textile exports, namely Machines and apparatus, parts & accessories thereof and Footwear recorded increases of 27.1%
and 8.1% respectively.
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Table 2
EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
MOP thousand
2002 2003 Year-on-year
Principal commodity
Jan. – Oct. Structure % Jan. – Oct. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 15 558 119 100.0 16 881 388 100.0 8.5
Textile and garment 13 073 559 84.0 14 074 055 83.4 7.7
Garment of:
Knitted fabrics 6 535 439 42.0 6 843 721 40.5 4.7
Non-knitted fabrics 4 203 722 27.0 5 024 507 29.8 19.5
Textile fabrics 1 327 412 8.5 1 255 622 7.4 -5.4
Textile yarn and threads 770 015 4.9 678 428 4.0 -11.9
Others 236 971 1.5 271 779 1.6 14.7
Non-textile 2 484 560 16.0 2 807 333 16.6 13.0
Machines and apparatus; 406 511 2.6 516 809 3.1 27.1
parts and accessories thereof
Footwear 548 746 3.5 593 037 3.5 8.1
Cements 19 590 0.1 32 229 0.2 64.5
Others 1 509 713 9.7 1 665 257 9.9 10.3
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 two largest export markets, making up 72.2% of the total export value. Among this, exports to the USA, which made up 49.8% of the total export value, increased by 11.7% over a year earlier. During the same period, exports to the EU, which made up 22.4% of the total export, increased by 6.8%. As to the Asian markets, Mainland China and Hong Kong together absorbed 20.9% of the total export value. Comparing with the corresponding period of 2002, the value of exports to Mainland China decreased by 4.2%, whereas that to Hong Kong rose by 22.6%.
Table 3
EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/ TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main country/ 2002 2003 Year-on-year
territory Jan. – Oct. Structure % Jan. – Oct. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 15 558 119 100.0 16 881 388 100.0 8.5
EU 3 535 962 22.7 3 777 382 22.4 6.8
Germany 1 178 934 7.6 1 385 330 8.2 17.5
United Kingdom 849 959 5.5 712 511 4.2 -16.2
France 488 022 3.1 530 780 3.1 8.8
Portugal 21 714 0.1 29 843 0.2 37.4
USA 7 528 862 48.4 8 412 912 49.8 11.7
Mainland China 2 483 374 16.0 2 380 035 14.1 -4.2
Hong Kong 936 199 6.0 1 148 100 6.8 22.6
Taiwan 109 496 0.7 114 429 0.7 4.5
Japan 92 493 0.6 124 741 0.7 34.9
Australia 15 201 0.1 17 781 0.1 17.0
Others 856 532 5.5 906 008 5.4 5.8
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
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For the period of January to October 2003 inclusive, Macao’s import value increased by 7.2% over a year earlier. Analysis by broad economic category indicates the increase was mainly due to value rises in Consumer goods (+13.0%), Fuels & lubricants (+12.2%), Capital goods (+3.6%) and Raw materials
& semi-manufactures (+3.0%).
Table 4
IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
MOP thousand
Broad economic 2002 2003 Year-on-year
category Jan. – Oct. Structure % Jan. – Oct. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 16 779 305 100.0 17 994 304 100.0 7.2
Consumer goods 5 901 260 35.2 6 669 551 37.1 13.0
Raw materials and 7 329 177 43.7 7 545 815 41.9 3.0
semi-manufactures
Fuels and lubricants 1 193 007 7.1 1 338 545 7.4 12.2
Capital goods 2 355 862 14.0 2 440 393 13.6 3.6
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.
Mainland China and Hong Kong constituted 55.9% of the total import value. Comparing with the same period of 2002, the value of imports from Mainland China increased by 11.3%, whereas that from Hong Kong decreased by 8.2%. In addition, an increase was recorded in the value of imports from the EU (+11.7%), while a decrease was recorded in the imports from the USA (-5.9%). The EU and the USA accounted for 12.0% and 3.8% of the total import value respectively.
Table 5
IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main country/ 2002 2003 Year-on-year
territory Jan. – Oct. Structure % Jan. – Oct. Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 16 779 305 100.0 17 994 304 100.0 7.2
EU 1 934 324 11.5 2 160 866 12.0 11.7
France 687 545 4.1 616 344 3.4 -10.4
United Kingdom 320 100 1.9 334 504 1.9 4.5
Germany 306 875 1.8 485 708 2.7 58.3
Portugal 81 486 0.5 68 969 0.4 -15.4
USA 734 056 4.4 690 599 3.8 -5.9
Mainland China 7 011 425 41.8 7 806 139 43.4 11.3
Hong Kong 2 455 619 14.6 2 255 172 12.5 -8.2
Taiwan 1 113 539 6.6 1 057 780 5.9 -5.0
Republic of Korea 868 054 5.2 580 680 3.2 -33.1
Japan 1 092 454 6.5 1 574 332 8.7 44.1
Australia 213 997 1.3 266 262 1.5 24.4
Others 1 355 837 8.1 1 602 474 8.9 18.2
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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