I. The Mainland-Macao Trade
The Mainland-Macao trade in January-December 2016 amounted to US$3.29 billion, going down 31.1% on a year-on-year basis. The mainland’s export to Macao was valued as US$3.15 billion, down 31.4% on a year-on-year basis, and the mainland’s import from Macao was US$140 million, down 24.3% on a year-on-year basis.
In December 2016, the Mainland-Macao trade volume amounted to US$280 million, going down 31.6% year on year and down 8.3% month on month. The mainland’s export to Macao was valued as US$270 million, down 31.2% year on year and down 8.3% month on month, and the mainland’s import from Macao was US$10 million, down 40.8% year on year and down 7.1% month on month.
II. Investment from Macao
In January-December 2016, 676 Macao-invested projects were approved by the mainland, going up 19.4% year on year. The actual use of Macao capital was US$820 million, decreasing 7.7% month on month.
In December 2016, 52 Macao-invested projects were approved by the mainland, going up 85.7% month on month. The actual use of Macao capital amounted to US$60 million, going down 25.0% month on month.
By the end of December 2016, the accumulated Macao-invested projects approved by the mainland were 15,074 with the actual use of US$13.60 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-December, the mainland made a non-financial direct investment of US$460 million in Macao. By the end of December 2016, the mainland’s accumulative non-financial direct investment in Macao amounted to US$2.18 billion.
IV. Foreign Economic Cooperation
In January-December 2016, the mainland had 43 contracted projects in Macao with a combined value of US$1.1 billion. The turnover amounted to US$1.82 billion. By the end of December 2016, the number of laborers dispatched to Macao was 122,636 and the accumulated turnover was US$13.88 billion.