In the first nine months of 2007, Macao's total value of imports grew by 17.3% year-on-year. In terms of broad economic categories, the value of imports of Capital goods, Consumer goods and Fuels & lubricants rose by 40.7%, 20.6% and 19.9% respectively, whereas the value of imports of Raw materials & semi-manufactures registered a slight decrease of 0.3% year-on-year.
Moreover, Macao's main suppliers of imported goods still concentrated in the Asian region. The value of imports from Mainland China and Hong Kong, comprising 52.7% of the total, rose by 10.3% and 16.7% respectively year-on-year.
Macau - Statistics and Census Service
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