Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the value of total merchandise export for April 2010 increased slightly by 0.1% year-on-year to MOP694 million, attributable to a 12.6% increase of re-exports (MOP506 million); meanwhile, value of domestic exports fell by 22.9% to MOP188 million. The value of total merchandise import amounted to MOP3.53 billion, up by 19.3% year-on-year. A trade deficit of MOP2.83 billion was recorded for April 2010. In the first four months of 2010, total value of merchandise export fell by 7.0% year-on-year to MOP2.52 billion, of which the value of domestic exports declined by 36.3%, but that of re-exports expanded by 15.5%; meanwhile, total value of merchandise import grew by 19.3% to MOP13.40 billion. The trade deficit from January to April 2010 widened by 27.7% year-on-year to MOP10.88 billion; the exports/imports ratio went down by 5.3 percentage points year-on-year to 18.8%. Analyzed by destination of exports, value of merchandise export to Hong Kong (MOP1.19 billion) and Mainland China (MOP387 million) from January to April 2010 increased by 24.7% and 0.3% respectively year-on-year, while that to the USA (MOP266 million) and the EU (MOP128 million) decreased by 56.5% and 47.8% respectively. Exports of Textile & garment amounted to MOP514 million, down substantially by 51.7% year-on-year to account for 20.4% of the total merchandise export; however, value of Non-textile exports (MOP2.01 billion) grew by 21.9%, with that of Copper & articles thereof and Jewellery rising notably by 139.4% and 119.1% respectively. Regarding the country of origin of imported goods, in the first four months of 2010, value of merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP4.12 billion) and the EU (MOP2.92 billion) expanded by 21.7% and 20.7% respectively year-on-year. The value of imports of Consumer goods rose by 40.8% year-on-year, with that of Motor cars & motorcycles growing significantly by 115.2%; nevertheless, the value of imports of Capital goods and Raw materials & semi-manufactures fell by 18.9% and 3.4% respectively. From January to April 2010, total value of merchandise import and export amounted to MOP15.92 billion, up by 14.2% compared with MOP13.94 billion in the first four months of 2009.
