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External Merchandise Trade Statistics for May 2009 (30/06/2009)

In May 2009, total exports and imports of goods amounted to MOP570 million and MOP2.84 billion respectively, resulting in a trade deficit of MOP2.27 billion. More Details

Employment Survey for March - May 2009 (29/06/2009)

Unemployment rate for March-May 2009 was 3.5% and the underemployment rate was 1.7%, down by 0.3 and 0.1 percentage point respectively over February-April 2009. More Details

Visitor Arrivals for May 2009 (24/06/2009)

Visitor arrivals totalled 1,591,500 in May 2009, down by 20.4% year-on-year. The cumulative visitor arrivals were 8,912,874 in the first five months of 2009. More Details

Consumer Price Index for May 2009 (22/06/2009)

The Composite CPI for May 2009 rose by 1.82% year-on-year and 0.17% month-to-month. More Details

Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages for the 1^stQuarter 2009 - Manufacturing, Hotels, Restaurants, Banking and Insurance (17/06/2009)

In March 2009, average earnings of full-time employees amounted to MOP5,200 for Manufacturing, MOP21,950 for Electricity, Gas & Water Supply, MOP9,840 for Hotels & Restaurants and MOP17,560 for the Financial sector. More Details

Health Statistics 2008 (16/06/2009)

In 2008, there were 2,045 persons engaged in primary health care services, 3,216 in hospital care services and 638 in Chinese medicine and therapy services. More Details

Package Tours and Hotel Occupancy Rate for the April 2009 (12/06/2009)

Visitor arrivals in package tours totalled 475,806 in April 2009; the average hotel occupancy rate was 73.6%, with 577,228 guests and an average length of stay of 1.34 nights. More Details

MICE Statistics for the 1^st Quarter 2009 (03/06/2009)

There were 387 MICE events held in the first quarter of 2009, with an average duration of 2.2 days and number of participants totalling 154,034. More Details

Balance of Energy for the 1^st Quarter 2009 (02/06/2009)

In the first quarter of 2009, the list price of all types of fuels, except Unleaded Gasoline (+5.4%), registered quarter-to-quarter decreases. More Details

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the 1^st Quarter 2009 (29/05/2009)

GDP contracted by 12.9% in real terms in the first quarter of 2009 on account of shrinking investment, as well as declining exports of goods and services. More Details

Principal indicators

Population estimate of Macao (1st Quarter/2009) ('000)

546.2

Overall unemployment rate (Mar - May/2009) (%)

3.5

Gross gaming revenue (Apr/2009) (million MOP)

8,403.9

Visitor arrivals (May/2009) ('000)

1,591.5

End-balance of non-resident workers (Apr/2009) (No.)

86,578