Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for January 2012 amounted to MOP622 million, down by 4.7% year-on-year, of which value of domestic exports (MOP203 million) decreased by 18.4%, but that of re-exports (MOP419 million) increased by 3.8%. Total merchandise import amounted to MOP5.68 billion, up by 16.3% year-on-year. Merchandise trade deficit for January 2012 widened by 19.6% year-on-year to MOP5.06 billion. Merchandise export to Hong Kong (MOP305 million) and the USA (MOP48 million) in January 2012 decreased by 5.1% and 29.6% respectively year-on-year, and that to Mainland China (MOP79 million) increased by 14.6%. Exports of Textile & garment declined by 31.6% to MOP105 million; exports of Non-textile (MOP517 million) increased by 3.6%, of which exports of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof (MOP72 million) and Articles for casino (MOP27 million) soared by 154.9% and 165.9% respectively. In January 2012, merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP1.73 billion) and the EU (MOP1.44 billion) expanded by 23.9% and 9.4% respectively year-on-year. Imports of Consumer goods rose by 16.0% to MOP3.61 billion, with imports of Watches (MOP392 million), Handbags & wallets (MOP381 million) and Motor cars & motorcycles (MOP189 million), increasing by 36.1%, 44.2% and 25.8% respectively. Moreover, imports of Capital goods (MOP978 million) registered year-on-year increase of 23.9%. In January 2012, total value of external merchandise trade amounted to MOP6.30 billion, up by 13.9% compared with MOP5.53 billion a year earlier.
