Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS
JANUARY/2004 No. 1
In January 2004, Macao’s total export value amounted to MOP1.34 billion, down 24.9% over the same month of 2003. Among this, value of domestic exports decreased by 28.0% to MOP1.09 billion, and that of re-exports also went down by 6.8% to MOP248 million. Concurrently, import value amounted to MOP1.56 billion, down 4.5% over the same period of 2003.
Table 1
PRINCIPAL INDICATORS OF EXTERNAL TRADE
MOP thousand2003 2004 Year-on-year
% change Principal indicators
January January January
1 2 3 4
Exports 1 780 357 1 337 808 -24.9
Domestic exports 1 514 725 1 090 240 -28.0
Re-exports 265 632 247 568 -6.8
Imports 1 638 297 1 564 913 -4.5
Trade balance a 142 060 - 227 105 -259.9
Exports/Imports ratio 108.7 85.5 . .
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 January 2004, Macao’s trade balance stood at a deficit of MOP227 million. During this period, the export/import ratio decreased from 108.7% a year earlier to 85.5% in January 2004.
In January 2004, the value of Textile & garment exports, which accounted for 77.8% of the total export value, decreased by 29.4% over the same period of 2003. Moreover, the value of Non-textile exports also went down by 3.1%. The major components of non-textile exports, namely Machines and apparatus, parts & accessories thereof registered an increase of 20.7%, whereas Footwear decreased by 2.1%.
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Table 2
EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY
MOP thousand
2003 2004 Year-on-year
Principal commodity
January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 1 780 357 100.0 1 337 808 100.0 -24.9
Textile and garment 1 473 082 82.7 1 040 192 77.8 -29.4
Garment of:
Knitted fabrics 690 702 38.8 464 746 34.7 -32.7
Non-knitted fabrics 646 928 36.3 480 340 35.9 -25.8
Textile fabrics 95 158 5.3 58 166 4.3 -38.9
Textile yarn and threads 25 846 1.5 19 469 1.5 -24.7
Others 14 448 0.8 17 471 1.3 20.9
Non-textile 307 275 17.3 297 616 22.2 -3.1
Machines and apparatus; 44 781 2.5 54 037 4.0 20.7
parts and accessories thereof
Footwear 93 705 5.3 91 704 6.9 -2.1
Cement 3 465 0.2 70 0.0 -98.0
Others 165 324 9.3 151 805 11.3 -8.2
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, making up 73.7% of the total export value. Among this, exports to the USA, which made up 42.1% of the total export value, decreased by 40.0% over the same period of 2003. Exports to the EU, which made up 31.6% of the total export, decreased by 8.3% over the same period of 2003. As to the Asian markets, the Mainland China and Hong Kong together absorbed 16.3% of the total export value. Compared with the corresponding period of 2003, the value of exports to the Mainland China dropped by 23.7%, whereas that to Hong Kong rose by 12.5%.
Table 3
EXPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/ TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main country/ 2003 2004 Year-on-year
territory January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 1 780 357 100.0 1 337 808 100.0 -24.9
EU 460 555 25.9 422 124 31.6 -8.3
Germany 175 495 9.9 150 587 11.3 -14.2
United Kingdom 70 635 4.0 77 215 5.8 9.3
France 50 222 2.8 44 756 3.3 -10.9
Portugal 1 105 0.1 2 422 0.2 119.2
USA 938 700 52.7 563 230 42.1 -40.0
Mainland China 166 270 9.3 126 811 9.5 -23.7
Hong Kong 81 188 4.6 91 368 6.8 12.5
Taiwan 8 960 0.5 14 741 1.1 64.5
Japan 14 423 0.8 13 446 1.0 -6.8
Australia 2 012 0.1 4 960 0.4 146.5
Others 108 249 6.1 101 128 7.6 -6.6
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
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In January 2004, Macao’s total import value decreased by 4.5%. Analysis by broad economic category indicates that the decrease was due to total value decline in Raw materials &
semi-manufactures (-12.9%) and Consumer goods (-7.2%). On the contrary, Capital goods and Fuels & lubricants were up by 17.9% and 11.5% respectively.
Table 4
IMPORTS BY BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORY
MOP thousand
Broad economic 2003 2004 Year-on-year
category January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 1 638 297 100.0 1 564 913 100.0 -4.5
Consumer goods 722 801 44.1 670 697 42.9 -7.2
Raw materials and 578 537 35.3 504 167 32.2 -12.9
semi-manufactures
Fuels and lubricants 114 601 7.0 127 786 8.2 11.5
Capital goods 222 358 13.6 262 263 16.8 17.9
Note: Due to rounding, the totals may not correspond to the sums of the partial figures.
Meanwhile, Macao’s main suppliers of imported goods were still in the Asian region. The Mainland China and Hong Kong constituted 47.6% of the total import value. Compared with the same period of 2003, the value of imports from the Mainland China decreased by 5.5%, and that from Hong Kong also dropped by 20.2%. In addition, decreases registered in the total value of imports from the EU (-6.2%) as well as in the imports from the USA (-17.6%) compared with the same period of 2003. The EU and the USA accounted for 16.1% and 3.7% of the total import value respectively.
Table 5
IMPORTS BY MAIN COUNTRY/TERRITORY
MOP thousand
Main country/ 2003 2004 Year-on-year
territory January Structure % January Structure % % change
1 2 3 4 5 6
Total 1 638 297 100.0 1 564 913 100.0 -4.5
EU 268 432 16.4 251 917 16.1 -6.2
France 108 634 6.6 89 600 5.7 -17.5
United Kingdom 38 659 2.4 36 204 2.3 -6.4
Germany 53 286 3.3 69 298 4.4 30.0
Portugal 4 587 0.3 6 085 0.4 32.7
USA 70 533 4.3 58 113 3.7 -17.6
Mainland China 604 583 36.9 571 299 36.5 -5.5
Hong Kong 218 677 13.3 174 483 11.1 -20.2
Taiwan 98 511 6.0 83 584 5.3 -15.2
Republic of Korea 61 373 3.7 40 817 2.6 -33.5
Japan 152 212 9.3 181 924 11.6 19.5
Australia 22 459 1.4 24 636 1.6 9.7
Others 141 517 8.6 178 140 11.4 25.9
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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