Portuguese-speaking countries exported 20.3% less to Macau in the first ten months of the year, compared to the same period in 2019, the Directorate of Statistics and Census Services (DSEC) said today.
Portuguese-speaking countries exported goods worth 564 million patacas (59 million euros) to the former territory administered by Portugal, DSEC said in a statement.
On the other hand, Portuguese-speaking countries, until October, imported products worth just 10 million patacas (1.05 million euros), an increase of 725.5%, the Macau authorities said.
In total, Macau exported products valued at 8.65 billion patacas (909 million euros), down 18.1% compared to the same period in 2019.
On the other hand, it imported 67.45 billion patacas (seven billion euros), minus 29.2%, in annual terms.
The trade deficit until October this year was 58.80 billion patacas (six billion euros), compared to 62.04 billion patacas (6.5 billion euros) compared to the previous year. homologous period of 2019.
In the first ten months of the year, the total value of foreign trade in goods was 376.10 billion patacas (39 million euros), 8.5% less than in the same period of 2019.
