I. The Mainland-Macao Trade

The Mainland-Macao trade in January-November 2016 amounted to US$3.01 billion, going down 31.4% on a year-on-year basis. The mainland’s export to Macao was valued as US$2.88 billion, down 31.8% on a year-on-year basis, and the mainland’s import from Macao was US$130 million, down 22.5% on a year-on-year basis.

In November 2016, the Mainland-Macao trade volume amounted to US$310 million, going down 31.4% year on year and up 30.3% month on month. The mainland’s export to Macao was valued as US$300 million, down 29.6% year on year and up 29.3% month on month, and the mainland’s import from Macao was US$10 million, down 5.9% year on year and up 61.9% month on month.

II. Investment from Macao

In January-November 2016, 624 Macao-invested projects were approved by the mainland, going up 34.2% year on year. The actual use of Macao capital was US$760 million, decreasing 11.8% month on month.

In November 2016, 28 Macao-invested projects were approved by the mainland, going down 9.7% month on month. The actual use of Macao capital amounted to US$80 million, going up 300.0% month on month.

By the end of November 2016, the accumulated Macao-invested projects approved by the mainland were 15,022 with the actual use of US$13.54 billion. In terms of the utilized capital, the funds from Macao accounted to 0.8% of the total foreign capital absorbed in the mainland.

III. Investment in Macao

In January-November, the mainland made a non-financial direct investment of US$450 million in Macao. By the end of November 2016, the mainland’s accumulative non-financial direct investment in Macao amounted to US$2.17 billion.

IV. Foreign Economic Cooperation

In January-November 2016, the mainland had 27 contracted projects in Macao with a combined value of US$830 million. The turnover amounted to US$1.6 billion. By the end of November 2016, the number of laborers dispatched to Macao was 121,394 and the accumulated turnover was US$13.66 billion.