During the period of January – October 2006, Macao's total value of imports grew 17.9% year-on-year, mainly due to increases in import values of, by broad economic categories, Fuels & lubricants (+33.9%), Consumer goods (+21.5%), Raw materials & semi-manufactures (+15.9%) and Capital goods (+5.9%).
Meanwhile, Macao's main suppliers of imported goods still concentrated in the Asian region. Imports from Mainland China and Hong Kong, which together constituted 55.5% of the total import value, rose 25.1% and 23.8% respectively compared with the same period of 2005.
Macau - Statistics and Census Service
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