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Economy
Overview: The economy is based largely on tourism (including
gambling), and textile and fireworks manufacturing. Efforts
to diversify have spawned other small industries--toys,
artificial flowers, and electronics. The tourist sector
has accounted for roughly 25% of GDP, and the clothing industry
has provided about two-thirds of export earnings. Macau
depends on China for most of its food, fresh water, and
energy imports. Japan and Hong Kong are the main suppliers
of raw materials and capital goods.
GDP: $2.7 billion, per capita $6,300; real growth rate 5%
(1989 est.).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.5% (1989).
Unemployment rate: 2% (1989 est.).
Budget: revenues $305 million; expenditures $298 million,
including capital expenditures of $NA (1989).
Exports: $1.7 billion (1989 est.); commodities--textiles,
clothing, toys; partners--US 33%, Hong Kong 15%, FRG 12%,
France 10% (1987).
Imports: $1.6 billion (1989 est.); commodities--raw materials,
foodstuffs, capital goods; partners--Hong Kong 39%, China
21%, Japan 10% (1987).
External debt: $91 million (1985).
Industrial production: NA.
Electricity: 179,000 kW capacity; 485 million kWh produced,
1,110 kWh per capita (1989).
Industries: clothing, textiles, toys, plastic products,
furniture, tourism.
Agriculture: rice, vegetables; food shortages--rice, vegetables,
meat; depends mostly on imports for food requirements.
Aid: none.
Currency: pataca (plural--patacas); 1 pataca (P) = 100 avos.
Exchange rates: patacas (P) per US$1--8.03 (1989), 8.044
(1988), 7.993 (1987), 8.029 (1986), 8.045 (1985); note--linked
to the Hong Kong dollar at the rate of 1.03 patacas per
Hong Kong dollar.
Fiscal year: calendar year.