The Chinese mainland saw its trade with Macao continue to rise
over the first eight months of this year, the Ministry of Commerce
(MOC) said.
Trade volume between the mainland and Macao rose 18.9 percent
year-on-year to 1.88 billion US dollars, with the mainland's
exports up 21.9 percent to 1.7 billion dollars, and imports down
3.5 percent to 180 million dollars.
Macao invested 460 million dollars in the mainland, up 17.7
percent year-on-year.
At the end of this August, Macao had invested an accumulative
7.4 billion US dollars in 11,294 projects on the mainland.
(Xinhua News Agency September 27, 2007)
