Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 1,375 new companies were incorporated in the third quarter of 2014, up by 228 year-on-year. Total value of registered capital increased by 55.6% to MOP201 million, of which registered capital of Business Services (MOP81 million) surged by 197.6%. Analysed by industry, the majority of new incorporations were operating in Wholesale & Retail and Business Services, with 447 and 258 respectively. In the third quarter of 2014, companies in dissolution totalled 107, and the value of registered capital of companies in dissolution amounted to MOP43 million. Analysed by size of registered capital, there were 951 new incorporations (69.2% of total) registered with capital under MOP50,000, and the total value of capital was MOP25 million. On the other hand, there were 40 new companies registered with capital of MOP1,000,000 or over, and the total value of capital amounted to MOP123 million (60.9% of total). In the third quarter of 2014, capital of the new companies came mainly from Macao (MOP140 million) and Mainland China (MOP33 million), including MOP21 million from the 9 Provinces of the Pan-Pearl River Delta Region, with that from Guangdong province sharing MOP18 million. Analysed by combination of the shareholders, there were 905 new companies established solely by Macao shareholders, and 149 joint ventures between shareholders from Macao and other countries or regions. In the first three quarters of 2014, a total of 3,955 new companies were incorporated, up by 20.5% year-on-year; total value of registered capital increased significantly by 235.3% to MOP1.53 billion. Number of companies in dissolution totalled 392, and the value of registered capital of companies in dissolution amounted to MOP84 million. At the end of the third quarter of 2014, number of registered companies totalled 47,317, an increase of 4,643 from a year earlier.
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