Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for November 2011 amounted to MOP651 million, up by 14.2% year-on-year; value of domestic exports (MOP219 million) and re-exports (MOP432 million) increased by 16.1% and 13.2% respectively; exports of Articles for casino soared by 106.1%. Total merchandise import amounted to MOP6.23 billion, up notably by 51.9% year-on-year, of which imports of Gold jewellery and Mobile phones surged by 174.1% and 81.0% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit amounted to MOP5.58 billion in November 2011. In the first eleven months of 2011, total value of merchandise export decreased by 2.8% year-on-year to MOP6.24 billion, of which value of domestic exports and re-exports declined by 1.2% and 3.6% respectively; meanwhile, total value of merchandise import increased by 41.7% to MOP56.05 billion. Merchandise trade deficit for the first eleven months of 2011 widened by 50.3% year-on-year to MOP49.81 billion; the exports/imports ratio dropped by 5.1 percentage points year-on-year to 11.1%. Merchandise export to Hong Kong (MOP2.75 billion), Mainland China (MOP990 million) and the USA (MOP503 million) in the first eleven months of 2011 decreased by 1.2%, 3.6% and 31.2% respectively year-on-year. Exports of Textile & garment declined by 17.4% to MOP1.23 billion; meanwhile, exports of Diamond & diamond jewellery (MOP216 million) decreased by 64.6%, but that of Tobacco & wine (MOP595 million) and Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof (MOP539 million) grew by 53.4% and 29.8% respectively. In the first eleven months of 2011, merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP17.05 billion) and the EU (MOP13.96 billion) expanded by 38.0% and 59.5% respectively year-on-year. Imports of Consumer goods rose by 48.1% to MOP34.66 billion, with imports of Food & beverages (MOP7.75 billion), Gold jewellery (MOP6.02 billion) and Handbags & wallets (MOP3.10 billion) increasing by 36.3%, 103.9% and 119.7% respectively. Moreover, imports of Capital goods (MOP9.70 billion) registered year-on-year increase of 58.3%. In the first eleven months of 2011, total value of external merchandise trade amounted to MOP62.29 billion, up by 35.5% compared with MOP45.99 billion a year earlier.
