Macau’s imports of mobile phones fell 51.8 percent year-on-year to 1.3 billion patacas in the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.
Gold jewellery imports fell 22.2 percent to 1.47 billion patacas, imports of food and beverages dropped 13.8 percent to 2.8 billion patacas, imports of watches decreased 38.8 percent to 1.0 billion patacas, and imports of handbags and wallets declined 18 percent to 654 million patacas.
Imports of construction materials fell 39.3 percent to 489 million patacas, imports of fuels and lubricants dropped 19.9 percent to 1.3 billion patacas, and imports of cars and scooters declined 48.2 percent to 339 million patacas.
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