Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS
JUNE/2002 No. 6
In June 2002, the value of total exports of Macao, at 1.84 billion Patacas, was 1.1% less than that in June 2001. Among this, the value of domestic exports decreased 9.8% to 1.43 billion Patacas, while the value of re-exports increased 49.4% to 411 million Patacas. On the other hand, the value of imports was 1.84 billion Patacas, increased 3.5% over June 2001. Taking exports and imports together, a trade surplus of 5.18 million Patacas was recorded.
For the period of January – June 2002, the value of total exports showed a year-on-year decrease of 0.1% to 8.51 billion Patacas. Among this, the value of domestic exports fell 6.2%, whereas the value of re-exports rose 26.0%. Meanwhile, the value of imports amounted to 9.73 billion Patacas, increased 1.2%
over a year earlier.
Table 1
PRINCIPAL INDICATOR OF EXTERNAL TRADE MOP Thousand
2001 2002 Year-on-year
% change Principal indicator
June Jan-Jun June Jan-Jun June Jan-Jun
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Exports 1 860 086 8 516 482 1 840 507 8 509 129 -1.1 -0.1
Domestic exports 1 584 789 6 893 375 1 429 304 6 463 879 -9.8 -6.2
Re-exports 275 297 1 623 107 411 202 2 045 250 49.4 26.0
Imports 1 772 807 9 608 204 1 835 330 9 725 936 3.5 1.2
Trade balance a 87 279 -1 091 722 5 176 -1 216 807 -94.1 -11.5
Exports/Imports ratio 104.9 88.6 100.3 87.5 . . . .
a Trade balance is the difference between exports and imports.
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
During the first six months of 2002, the trade balance stood at a deficit of 1.22 billion Patacas. At the same time, the exports/imports ratio decreased to 87.5% from 88.6% registered in the corresponding period of 2001.
For the period of January – June 2002, the value of Textile and garment exports accounted for 82.3% of total exports. Comparing with the same period of 2001, the change in value of total exports reflected an increase of 1.5% in Textile and garment, but a decrease of 7.1% in Non-textile . Machines and apparatus, parts and accessories thereof and Footwear, being the major components of Non-textile , dropped significantly by 28.8% and grew by 10.8% respectively.
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Table 2
EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
MOP Thousand
2001 2002 Year-on-year
Principal commodity
Jan-Jun Structure % Jan-Jun Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 8 516 482 100.0 8 509 129 100.0 -0.1
Textile and garment 6 898 165 81.0 7 005 005 82.3 1.5
Garment of:
Knitted fabrics 3 208 157 37.7 3 244 089 38.1 1.1
Non-knitted fabrics 2 616 441 30.7 2 375 103 27.9 -9.2
Textile fabrics 542 512 6.4 755 679 8.9 39.3
Textile yarn and threads 443 467 5.2 466 962 5.5 5.3
Others 87 588 1.0 163 172 1.9 86.3
Non-textile 1 618 317 19.0 1 504 124 17.7 -7.1
Machines and apparatus; 345 281 4.1 245 864 2.9 -28.8
parts and accessories thereof
Footwear 318 639 3.7 353 126 4.1 10.8
Cements 55 264 0.6 7 354 0.1 -86.7
Others 899 133 10.6 897 780 10.6 -0.2
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 two largest export markets, adding up to contribute 69.7% to total exports. Among this, the value of exports to the USA, accounted for 46.0% of total exports, increased 1.7% over a year earlier. Nevertheless, the value of exports to the EU, accounted for 23.7% of total exports, decreased 14.9%. In the Asian markets, Mainland China and Hong Kong absorbed 23.5%
of the value of total exports. Comparing with the first six months of 2001, the value of exports to Mainland China surged 51.9%, while the value of exports to Hong Kong recorded a notable decrease of 16.5%.
Table 3
EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/ TERRITORY
MOP Thousand
Main country/ 2001 2002 Year-on-year
territory Jan-Jun Structure % Jan-Jun Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 8 516 482 100.0 8 509 129 100.0 -0.1
EU 2 365 613 27.8 2 012 749 23.7 -14.9
Germany 692 205 8.1 684 368 8.0 -1.1
United Kingdom 495 937 5.8 419 884 4.9 -15.3
France 438 323 5.1 299 384 3.5 -31.7
Portugal 17 035 0.2 10 959 0.1 -35.7
USA 3 846 421 45.2 3 911 224 46.0 1.7
Mainland China 964 550 11.3 1 464 781 17.2 51.9
Hong Kong 638 483 7.5 533 358 6.3 -16.5
Taiwan 64 114 0.8 58 500 0.7 -8.8
Japan 59 958 0.7 51 369 0.6 -14.3
Australia 14 150 0.2 7 656 0.1 -45.9
Others 563 193 6.6 469 492 5.5 -16.6
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 – June 2002, the value of imports increased by 1.2% year-on-year.
When analysing by broad economic category, increases were registered for Consumer goods (+15.6%) and Capital goods (+1.3%). On the contrary, decreases of Fuels and lubricants and Raw materials and semi-manufactures were recorded at 11.6% and 5.9% respectively.
Table 4
IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
MOP Thousand
Broad economic 2001 2002 Year-on-year
category Jan-Jun Structure % Jan-Jun Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 9 608 204 100.0 9 725 936 100.0 1.2
Consumer goods 2 892 130 30.1 3 342 374 34.4 15.6
Raw materials and 4 504 988 46.9 4 239 670 43.6 -5.9
semi-manufactures
Fuels and lubricants 740 837 7.7 654 585 6.7 -11.6
Capital goods 1 470 249 15.3 1 489 307 15.3 1.3
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.
Among them, Mainland China and Hong Kong occupied 55.4% of total imports. Comparing with the period of January – June 2001, the value of imports from Mainland China increased 1.6%, whereas the value of imports from Hong Kong rose 14.9%. Furthermore, a decrease was registered in the value of imports from the EU (-9.6%) but an increase was recorded from the USA (+3.3%), which accounted for 11.8% and 4.8% of total imports respectively.
Table 5
IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/TERRITORY
MOP Thousand
Main country/ 2001 2002 Year-on-year
territory Jan-Jun Structure % Jan-Jun Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 9 608 204 100.0 9 725 936 100.0 1.2
EU 1 273 251 13.3 1 150 524 11.8 -9.6
France 377 150 3.9 387 926 4.0 2.9
United Kingdom 313 451 3.3 197 254 2.0 -37.1
Germany 267 335 2.8 193 451 2.0 -27.6
Portugal 51 366 0.5 55 589 0.6 8.2
USA 448 584 4.7 463 559 4.8 3.3
Mainland China 3 872 961 40.3 3 935 753 40.5 1.6
Hong Kong 1 262 825 13.1 1 450 649 14.9 14.9
Taiwan 669 738 7.0 610 366 6.3 -8.9
South Korea 685 385 7.1 552 235 5.7 -19.4
Japan 533 744 5.6 635 788 6.5 19.1
Australia 127 315 1.3 140 188 1.4 10.1
Others 734 401 7.6 786 874 8.1 7.1
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
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