MACAO, July 31 (Xinhua) — Macao\’s total merchandise export amounted to 1.18 billion patacas (146.8 million U.S. dollars) in June, up 23.0 percent year-on-year, the special administrative region\’s statistical service said on Monday.
The merchandise import went up 14.9 percent year-on-year to 11.97 billion patacas, and the merchandise trade deficit totaled 10.79 billion patacas in June, the latest report from Macao\’s Statistics and Census Service showed.
The value of re-exports rose 29.2 percent to 1.05 billion patacas, whereas the value of domestic exports decreased 10.4 percent to 135 million patacas, the report said. (1 pataca equals 0.12 U.S. dollars)