Massive increases in overseas trade in the past year point to a recovery from the downturn caused by Covid-19.
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Sales of watches, clocks and jewellery fell 31 percent to 3.7 billion patacas in the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Tuesday. Watches, clocks and jewellery accounted for 23 percent of all retail sales –the sector’s biggest segment. Sales of leather goods dropped 28 percent to 1.59 billion patacas. Sales of […]
Macau’s retail sales rose a mere one percent year-on-year to 67.6 billion patacas last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Sales of watches and jewellery accounted for 27 percent of the total. In the fourth quarter of last year, retail sales reached 17 billion patacas, up eight percent from the previous quarter, […]
Macau’s gold jewellery imports fell 29 percent year-on-year to 723 million patacas in August, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Tuesday. However, the import of watches – another item popular with mainland tourists – rose 30 percent to 720 million patacas. Mobile phone imports dropped 21 percent to 311 million patacas. The import of […]
Macau’s gold jewellery imports fell 44 percent year-on-year to 651 million patacas in July, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Thursday. The import of mobile phones dropped 17 percent to 376 million patacas, while the import of handbags and wallets fell 11 percent to 259 million patacas last month. However, watch imports rose 10 […]
Macau’s watch imports jumped 65 percent year-on-year to 4.28 billion patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Thursday. Watch imports accounted for nearly 10 percent of the total value of imports. Gold jewellery imports rose 35 percent to 5.2 billion patacas. Gold jewellery accounted for nearly 12 percent of all imports between January and […]
