Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for June 2012 amounted to MOP650 million, up by 4.5% year-on-year, of which value of re-exports (MOP451 million) increased by 12.1%, but that of domestic exports (MOP199 million) decreased by 9.5%. Total merchandise import amounted to MOP5.96 billion, up by 19.7% year-on-year. Merchandise trade deficit amounted to MOP5.31 billion for June 2012. In the second quarter of 2012, total value of merchandise export (MOP1.97 billion) grew by 10.6% year-on-year, and that of merchandise import (MOP17.63 billion) rose by 20.6%, resulting in a trade deficit of MOP15.66 billion. In the first half year of 2012, total value of merchandise export increased by 16.0% year-on-year to MOP3.95 billion, attributable to a 23.7% increase in re-exports (MOP2.77 billion) when domestic exports (MOP1.18 billion) rose by 1.2%; meanwhile, total value of merchandise import increased by 25.4% to MOP34.78 billion. Merchandise trade deficit for the first half year of 2012 amounted to MOP30.84 billion. Merchandise export to Hong Kong (MOP1.98 billion) and Mainland China (MOP629 million) in the first half year of 2012 were principally re-exports, up by 38.4% and 8.1% year-on-year respectively; meanwhile, merchandise export to the USA (MOP260 million) and the EU (MOP175 million) were primarily domestic exports, down by 14.2% and 15.2% respectively. Exports of Non-textile (MOP3.39 billion) in the first half year of 2012 expanded by 26.1%, of which exports of Machines & apparatus, parts & accessories thereof (MOP656 million) and Tobacco & wine (MOP396 million) surged by 124.8% and 25.6% respectively year-on-year; however, exports of Textile & garment (MOP552 million) registered a decrease of 22.1%. Domestic exports of Tobacco & wine (MOP271 million) rose by 33.1% year-on-year, while that of Knitted or crocheted garment (MOP193 million) declined by 21.1%. In the first half year of 2012, merchandise import from Mainland China (MOP11.04 billion) and the EU (MOP8.20 billion) expanded by 28.0% and 21.5% respectively year-on-year. Imports of Consumer goods rose by 27.8% to MOP21.50 billion, with imports of Gold jewellery (MOP3.75 billion), Watches (MOP2.56 billion) and Motor cars & motorcycles (MOP1.59 billion) increasing by 43.4%, 54.7% and 60.0% respectively. Moreover, imports of Capital goods (MOP6.32 billion) registered a year-on-year increase of 27.9%. In the first half year of 2012, total value of external merchandise trade amounted to MOP38.73 billion, up by 24.4% compared with MOP31.14 billion a year earlier.
