According to the most recent figures from Macau’s Statistics and Census Service (
DSEC), ‘articles for casino’ also rose by 326.2 percent yearly during the first 11 months of the year, topping MOP823.1 million ($101.77 million).
This comes as overall exports actually fell by 1.1 percent yearly in November and 3.5 percent during the January to November period, to MOP1.38 billion ($170.6 million) and MOP12.24 billion ($1.51 billion), respectively.
Looking at imports,
luxury goods such as gold jewelry increased by 22.3 percent yearly during the month, reaching MOP1.29 billion ($159.5 million), also up 47.9 percent yearly in the January-November period, to MOP21.73 billion ($2.69 billion).
Those of handbags and wallets rose 3.6 percent yearly to MOP834 million ($103.1 million), while those of watches actually fell by 22.5 percent, to MOP670.6 million ($82.9 million).
Luxury goods imports have typically risen in line with an uptick in casino patronage in the SAR.