Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for November 2012 amounted to MOP691 million, up by 6.1% year-on-year; value of re-exports (MOP514 million) increased by 18.9%, but that of domestic exports (MOP177 million) decreased by 19.1%. Total merchandise import amounted to MOP6.41 billion, up by 6.2% year-on-year. Merchandise trade deficit amounted to MOP5.72 billion for November 2012. In the first eleven months of 2012, total value of merchandise export increased by 19.9% year-on-year to MOP7.48 billion, of which value of re-exports (MOP5.38 billion) increased by 32.2%, but that of domestic exports (MOP2.09 billion) decreased by 3.3%; meanwhile, total value of merchandise import increased by 15.4% to MOP64.47 billion. Merchandise trade deficit for the first eleven months of 2012 amounted to MOP56.99 billion. From January to November 2012, merchandise export to Hong Kong (MOP3.78 billion) and Mainland China (MOP1.24 billion) increased by 37.4% and 25.1% respectively year-on-year, while export to the USA (MOP470 million) and the EU (MOP285 million) decreased by 6.5% and 18.2% respectively. Exports of Non-textiles (MOP6.50 billion) in the first eleven months of 2012 expanded by 30.0% year-on-year, of which exports of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof (MOP1.33 billion) and Travel goods & handbags (MOP193 million) surged by 146.9% and 108.1% respectively; yet, exports of Textiles & garments (MOP975 million) decreased by 21.0%. Domestic exports of Tobacco & wine (MOP475 million) rose by 13.3%, while exports of Knitted or crocheted garments (MOP309 million) declined by 24.8%. Re-exports of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof (MOP1.32 billion) soared by 149.3%. In the first eleven months of 2012, merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP20.94 billion) and the EU (MOP15.19 billion) increased by 22.6% and 9.1% respectively year-on-year. Imports of Consumer goods rose by 14.2% to MOP39.44 billion, with imports of Gold jewellery (MOP6.91 billion), Watches (MOP4.69 billion) and Motor cars & motorcycles (MOP2.99 billion) increasing by 17.6%, 33.4% and 34.3% respectively. However, imports of Tobacco (MOP436 million) dropped notably by 40.4%. Moreover, imports of Capital goods (MOP11.85 billion) registered a year-on-year increase of 23.0%. External merchandise trade reached MOP71.95 billion in the first eleven months of 2012, up by 15.9% compared with MOP62.09 billion a year earlier.
