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External merchandise trade statistics for January 2017


Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for January 2017 amounted to MOP971 million, down slightly by 0.4% year-on-year; value of re-exports (MOP802 million) dropped by 3.9%, with that of Watches (MOP96 million) falling by 18.0%; meanwhile, value of domestic exports (MOP169 million) increased by 19.7%, with that of Tobacco (MOP43 million) rising by 61.7%. Total merchandise import dropped by 2.9% year-on-year to MOP6.56 billion, of which imports of Garments & footwear and Construction materials declined by 7.1% and 39.6% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit amounted to MOP5.59 billion.

Analysed by destination, merchandise export to Mainland China decreased by 19.8% year-on-year to MOP111 million in January 2017, of which exports to the nine provinces of the Pan Pearl River Delta (MOP100 million) fell by 24.1%, while exports to Hong Kong (MOP643 million) rose by 1.4%. Meanwhile, exports to the USA (MOP22 million) and the EU (MOP21 million) grew by 110.2% and 21.6% respectively. Exports of Non-textiles increased by 2.7% year-on-year to MOP927 million, of which value of Diamond & diamond jewellery (MOP146 million) soared by 74.6%, but that of Watches (MOP96 million) dropped by 18.0%. Exports of Textiles & garments totalled MOP44 million, down by 39.3%.

By place of origin, merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP2.33 billion) decreased by 13.0% year-on-year in January 2017, whereas import from the EU (MOP1.68 billion) increased by 6.4%. Meanwhile, imports from the Portuguese-speaking Countries (MOP62 million) expanded by 22.8%. Analysed by place of consignment, merchandise import from Mainland China declined by 11.1% to MOP855 million, of which imports from the nine provinces of the Pan Pearl River Delta (MOP822 million) fell by 7.9%. Imports of Consumer goods grew by 6.8% to MOP4.45 billion, with imports of Gold jewellery (MOP721 million) and Watches (MOP457 million) rising by 33.4% and 27.2% respectively. Moreover, value of imports of Construction materials(MOP127 million) and Motor cars & motorcycles (MOP85 million) declined by 39.6% and 20.8% respectively.

External merchandise trade totalled MOP7.53 billion in January 2017, down by 2.6% compared with MOP7.73 billion a year earlier.



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