he catch is
exported to Hong Kong

Industries:

tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear, toys

Industrial production growth rate:

3.8% (3rd quarter, 2007)

Electricity - production:

1.454 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

2.984 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

1.683 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

16,570 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

13,870 bbl/day (2006)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Exports:

$2.557 billion f.o.b.; note - includes reexports (2006)

Exports - commodities:

clothing, textiles, footwear, toys, electronics, machinery and parts

Exports - partners:

US 40.6%, China 14.8%, Hong Kong 13.1%, Germany 6.4%, UK 4% (2007)

Imports:

$4.559 billion c.i.f. (2006)

Imports - commodities:

raw materials and semi-manufactured goods, consumer goods
(foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco), capital goods, mineral fuels and
oils

Imports - partners:

China 42.6%, Hong Kong 10.1%, Japan 9%, US 5.6%, Germany 4.4%,
France 4.2% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$13.7 million (2004)

Debt - external:

$0 (2006)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$6.5 billion (2006)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$1.1 billion (2006)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$413.1 million (2004)

Currency (code):

pataca (MOP)

Currency code:

MOP

Exchange rates:

patacas (MOP) per US dollar - 8.011 (2007), 8.0015 (2006), 8.011
(2005), 8.022 (2004), 8.021 (2003)

Communications
Macau

Telephones - main lines in use:

177,851 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

856,200 (2008)

Telephone system:

general assessment: fairly modern communication facilities
maintained for domestic and international services
domestic: termination of monopoly over mobile-cellular telephone
services in 2001 spu