Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for April 2016 amounted to MOP755 million, down by 20.9% year-on-year; value of re-exports (MOP601 million) dropped by 27.1%, with that of Clocks & watches (MOP49 million) falling by 77.1%; value of domestic exports (MOP155 million) expanded by 18.0%, with that of Tobacco (MOP39 million) rising by 50.3%. Total merchandise import declined by 18.6% year-on-year to MOP5.57 billion, of which imports of Mobile phones and Motor cars decreased by 63.9% and 61.2% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit amounted to MOP4.82 billion. In the first four months of 2016, total value of merchandise export fell by 5.6% year-on-year to MOP3.45 billion, of which value of re-exports (MOP2.92 billion) and domestic exports (MOP534 million) decreased by 3.4% and 16.2% respectively. Total value of merchandise import fell by 21.6% to MOP22.78 billion. Merchandise trade deficit widened to MOP19.33 billion for the first four months of 2016. Analysed by destination, merchandise export to Mainland China increased by 7.1% year-on-year to MOP565 million in the first four months of 2016, of which exports to the nine provinces of the Pan Pearl River Delta (MOP542 million) rose by 7.3%; exports to Hong Kong (MOP2.08 billion) decreased by 9.5%. Meanwhile, export to the EU (MOP58 million) and the USA (MOP49 million) reduced by 29.5% and 27.6% respectively. Exports of Non-textiles declined by 6.6% year-on-year to MOP3.17 billion, of which value of Clocks & watches (MOP433 million) dropped by 24.8% but that of Electronic components (MOP342 million) grew by 52.3%. Exports of Textiles & garments totalled MOP283 million, up by 7.5%. By place of origin, merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP8.23 billion) and the EU (MOP5.42 billion) in the first four months of 2016 decreased by 24.6% and 19.9% respectively year-on-year. Analysed by place of consignment, merchandise import from Mainland China declined by 10.6% to MOP3.53 billion, of which import from the nine provinces of the Pan Pearl River Delta (MOP3.34 billion) fell by 10.4%. Imports of Consumer goods dropped by 15.7% to MOP14.32 billion, with imports of Watches (MOP1.41 billion) and Motor cars & motorcycles (MOP434 million) decreasing by 37.1% and 52.1% respectively. Moreover, imports of Fuels & lubricants (MOP1.80 billion), Mobile phones (MOP1.61 billion) and Construction materials (MOP674 million) declined by 16.1%, 54.7% and 37.1% respectively. External merchandise trade totalled MOP26.24 billion in the first four months of 2016, down by 19.8% compared with MOP32.72 billion a year earlier.
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