Last year, the output value of the clothing and textile industry shrank by 51.4% and 10.5% in Australia.

In 2010, the value of Macao’s exports continued to fall, leaving the year’s decline in industrial output continuing. According to the Industrial Survey of the Statistics and Census Service of Macau, the industrial output value and other benefits of Macao in 2010 were 8.92 billion yuan (Macau yuan, the same below), which was 16.5% lower than in 2009; the total added value of the industry’s contribution to the economy was 3.05 billion. Yuan, a decrease of 3.9%; the annual total consumption (5.86 billion yuan) and total fixed capital formation (860 million yuan) also fell by 21.9% and 13.6% respectively.

In 2010, there were 911 industrial sites in operation, a decrease of 97 from 2009; there were 14,680 employees, down by 23.9%.

The industrial output value of the manufacturing industry for the whole year was 5.74 billion yuan, a decrease of 24.6% from 2009. The industrial output value of the two traditional manufacturing industries, garments and textiles, further shrank to 1.72 billion yuan and 920 million yuan, representing a year-on-year decline of 51.4% and 10.5% respectively.