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Transport and communications statistics for December and the whole year of 2025
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that licensed motor vehicles in the Macao Special Administrative Region totalled 254,393 as at end-2025, up by 0.5% year-on-year. For the whole year of 2025, cross-border vehicular traffic (11,133,988 trips) rose by 21.1% year-on-year, whereas passenger ferry trips (77,549 trips) and arriving and departing commercial flights at the Macau International Airport (55,576 trips) dropped by 2.6% and 1.8% respectively. As at end-2025, number of mobile phone subscribers (1,495,213) and internet subscribers (785,000) showed respective growth of 3.2% and 1.3% year-on-year.
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Statistics on electronic payment transaction value – restaurants & similar establishments and retail trade for December 2025
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that electronic payment transaction value (hereinafter referred to as transaction value) for restaurants & similar establishments increased by 2.1% year-on-year to MOP13.66 billion in 2025, while the transaction value for retail trade dropped by 4.0% to MOP52.47 billion.
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External merchandise trade statistics for December and the whole year of 2025
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total value of merchandise exports increased by 3.2% year-on-year to MOP13.92 billion in 2025, of which value of re-exports (MOP12.46 billion) grew by 3.8% while value of domestic exports (MOP1.46 billion) fell by 1.8%. Meanwhile, total value of merchandise imports dropped by 3.0% year-on-year to MOP124.79 billion. In 2025, external merchandise trade and merchandise trade deficit totalled MOP138.71 billion and MOP110.86 billion respectively.
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Employment survey for October – December 2025
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the unemployment rate of local residents (2.3%) for October - December 2025 remained unchanged from the previous period (September - November 2025), while the underemployment rate of local residents held stable at 2.0%.
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Preliminary figures for gross domestic product for the whole year and the fourth quarter of 2025
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the economy of the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR) continued to make steady progress in the fourth quarter of 2025, underpinned by rapid growth in exports of services, driven by surging visitor arrivals resulting from the hosting of numerous large-scale events in the Macao SAR and government efforts to attract visitors. The preliminary figure for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded by 7.6% year-on-year in real terms to MOP115.39 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025. The overall economic output corresponded to 94.1% of the total in the same period of 2019.
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IAM to set up temporary ornamental plant inspection station at Border Gate Port from 14 February
As Chinese New Year approaches, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will set up a temporary inspection station for ornamental plants at the visitor entry channel at Border Gate Port for three consecutive days from 14 to 16 February (the 27th to 29th day of the 12th lunar month) to provide convenience for the public who purchase festive plants in the Chinese Mainland for self-use to decorate their homes during the Chinese New Year period. The plant inspection service is free of charge. IAM also reminds the public that they should not bring endangered wild plants into Macao without permission.
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IAM reinforces environmental hygiene efforts around Chinese New Year
With Chinese New Year approaching, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will reinforce various environmental hygiene efforts which include organising the “Clean-up Campaign for Chinese New Year” series of activities in schools and communities, setting up collection points for large unwanted furniture items and collection points for festive flowers and tangerines across all districts, increasing the frequency of public street cleaning and garbage removal, and setting up additional garbage collection facilities in high-traffic areas. These multi-pronged measures aim to maintain the city’s cleanliness and hygiene. Simultaneously, IAM will reinforce inspections, and it urges residents, tourists and businesses to maintain environmental hygiene by properly disposing of garbage.
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“Celebration of Year of the Horse – Courtesy Living Celebration of 2026” activities
To welcome the Chinese New Year with the public, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will organise multiple “Celebration of Year of the Horse – Courtesy Living Celebration of 2026” activities in various locations in February. Calligraphers of Macao and award-winning students in the calligraphy competition will be invited to the activities to write fai chun on the spot as gifts for the public, and there will also be festive handicraft workshops. The public are welcome to visit the sites to receive fai chun in celebration of the Chinese New Year.
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IAM to organise multiple traditional festive activities in celebration of Chinese New Year
As the Year of the Horse is approaching, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will hold the Chinese New Year Market and set up the area for lighting firecrackers and the stalls selling incense and pinwheels to welcome and celebrate the Chinese New Year with the public and tourists. IAM appeals to participants of the activities to pay attention to the crowds on site, follow the instructions of on-site staff and observe order.
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