Macao s total merchandise import swelled by 267.6 percent year on year to 15.69 billion patacas (about 1.96 billion U.S. dollars) in May 2021, while total merchandise export went up 59.6 percent to 990 million patacas, the special administrative region s statistical service said on Tuesday.
The latest report from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) showed that the imports of mobile phones, gold jewelry, watches and beauty, cosmetic and skincare products rocketed by 2,616.0 percent, 2,362.4 percent, 1,145.1 percent and 846.5 percent respectively, whereas that of other textile made-up articles declined by 56.1 percent.
The value of re-exports rose by 64.2 percent to 820 million patacas in May, with that of diamond and diamond jewelry, wine and watches surging by 843.0 percent, 663.9 percent and 248.0 percent respectively. Meanwhile, the value of domestic exports grew by 40.8 percent to 171 million patacas, the DSEC report added.
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