Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for November 2019 amounted to MOP1.13 billion, up by 10.6% year-on-year. Value of re-exports (MOP967 million) increased by 7.6%, with that of Other jewellery (except diamond jewellery) jumping by 286.4%. Value of domestic exports (MOP165 million) rose by 33.1%, with that of Tobacco surging by 243.7%. Total merchandise import grew by 8.3% year-on-year to MOP8.66 billion, of which imports of Beauty, cosmetic & skin-care products, Construction materials and Handbags & wallets expanded by 74.0%, 35.7% and 26.8% respectively; meanwhile, imports of Food & beverages, Watches and Fuels & lubricants dropped by 11.0%, 7.4% and 7.1% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit in November totalled MOP7.53 billion.
From January to November 2019, total value of merchandise export increased by 4.9% year-on-year to MOP11.69 billion, of which value of re-exports (MOP10.33 billion) grew by 6.1% but that of domestic exports (MOP1.36 billion) declined by 3.8%. Total value of merchandise import fell by 1.0% year-on-year to MOP81.31 billion. Merchandise trade deficit totalled MOP69.62 billion for the first eleven months of 2019, a decrease of MOP1.35 billion from MOP70.97 billion a year earlier.
Analysed by destination, merchandise export to mainland China dropped by 22.1% year-on-year to MOP1.44 billion from January to November 2019, of which exports to the Nine Provinces of the Pan Pearl River Delta (MOP1.37 billion) declined by 23.9%. Exports to the EU (MOP175 million) fell by 8.4% year-on-year, whereas exports to Hong Kong (MOP7.49 billion) and the USA (MOP249 million) expanded by 7.7% and 108.0% respectively. Exports to the Belt and Road Countries (MOP329 million) increased by 54.1% year-on-year, while exports to the Portuguese-speaking Countries (MOP1 million) plunged by 94.8%. Exports of Textiles & garments totalled MOP956 million, up by 46.6%. Exports of Non-textiles went up by 2.3% year-on-year to MOP10.73 billion, of which value of Diamond & diamond jewellery (MOP877 million) grew by 64.9%, but that of Articles for casino (MOP364 million) went down by 19.0%.
By place of origin, merchandise import from mainland China (MOP27.97 billion) decreased by 3.2% year-on-year in the first eleven months of 2019. On the other hand, imports from the EU (MOP22.31 billion), the Belt and Road Countries (MOP14.08 billion) and the Portuguese-speaking Countries (MOP776 million) increased by 9.2%, 117.9% and 7.4% respectively. Analysed by place of consignment, merchandise import from mainland China grew by 4.3% year-on-year to MOP13.07 billion, of which imports from the Nine Provinces of the Pan Pearl River Delta (MOP12.72 billion) rose by 4.9%. Imports of Consumer goods went up by 6.6% to MOP56.29 billion, with imports of Beauty, cosmetic & skin-care products (MOP6.19 billion) and Footwear (MOP2.33 billion) rising by 39.7% and 21.3% respectively. Yet, imports of Fuels & lubricants (MOP6.61 billion), Mobile phones (MOP4.89 billion) and Construction materials (MOP1.55 billion) dropped by 1.9%, 27.7% and 17.1% respectively.
External merchandise trade totalled MOP93.00 billion from January to November 2019, down slightly by 0.3% compared with MOP93.27 billion a year earlier.