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Trade by country

Macao

In 2025, US goods exports to Macao were $208.6 million and goods imports from Macao were $129.2 million; exports exceeded imports by $79.4 million.

Goods: the latest figures

2025, full year

Exports
$208.6 million
Imports
$129.2 million
Balance
exports exceeded imports by $79.4 million (a goods trade surplus, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$337.7 million
Share of US goods trade
0.006%
Rank among partners
No. 128 of 231

Latest 12 months, August 2025 to July 2026

Exports
$276.3 million
Imports
$206.5 million
Balance
exports exceeded imports by $69.8 million (a goods trade surplus, in Census's term)
Total goods trade
$482.8 million
Share of US goods trade
0.008%
Rank among partners
No. 126 of 233

2025 rank among 231 partners with trade that year; 12-month rank among 233.

  • Census basis goods, not seasonally adjusted. Exports are free alongside ship value; imports are general imports (customs value), everything that arrives, including goods entering bonded warehouses and Foreign Trade Zones. Shares and ranks compare total goods trade (exports plus imports) with the same period's world total.
  • US exports include re-exports: foreign goods shipped on in substantially the same condition as when they were imported. Exports are credited to the destination as known to the shipper and imports to the country of origin. The workbook used here does not separate re-exports.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods by Country. Monthly data through July 2026; 2025 is the latest full year. Census revises the prior year's country totals each June. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026.

Goods since 1985

US goods exports to and imports from Macao, 1985 to 2025

Full years only, in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation).

$100M$200M$300M$400M$500M202020212022202320242025

$0$200M$400M$600M20162018202020222024

$0$500M$1B$1.5B1990200020102020

Data table
YearExportsImportsBalanceTotalShare of US goods tradeRank
2026 (7 months)$187.6M$133.1MExports exceeded imports by $54.6M$320.7M0.009%124
2025$208.6M$129.2MExports exceeded imports by $79.4M$337.7M0.006%128
2024$281.3M$108.4MExports exceeded imports by $173M$389.7M0.007%128
2023$527.4M$135.1MExports exceeded imports by $392.2M$662.5M0.01%109
2022$254.8M$162MExports exceeded imports by $92.8M$416.7M0.008%121
2021$219.6M$148.1MExports exceeded imports by $71.5M$367.6M0.008%122
2020$183.1M$101.4MExports exceeded imports by $81.7M$284.4M0.008%126
2019$572M$103MExports exceeded imports by $469M$675M0.02%107
2018$601.5M$102MExports exceeded imports by $499.5M$703.5M0.02%108
2017$501.2M$95.4MExports exceeded imports by $405.8M$596.6M0.02%107
2016$632M$119.3MExports exceeded imports by $512.7M$751.4M0.02%104
2015$542.4M$121.9MExports exceeded imports by $420.5M$664.3M0.02%107
2014$433.4M$74.7MExports exceeded imports by $358.7M$508.1M0.01%119
2013$351.2M$94.6MExports exceeded imports by $256.6M$445.8M0.01%126
2012$345.5M$94.9MExports exceeded imports by $250.5M$440.4M0.01%121
2011$291.5M$113.1MExports exceeded imports by $178.4M$404.6M0.01%126
2010$225.2M$141.1MExports exceeded imports by $84.1M$366.3M0.01%122
2009$209.2M$237.2MImports exceeded exports by $28M$446.3M0.02%110
2008$306.7M$915.4MImports exceeded exports by $608.7M$1.2B0.04%93
2007$226.4M$1.1BImports exceeded exports by $868.7M$1.3B0.04%86
2006$200.2M$1.2BImports exceeded exports by $1B$1.4B0.05%83
2005$101.6M$1.2BImports exceeded exports by $1.1B$1.4B0.05%81
2004$85.5M$1.5BImports exceeded exports by $1.4B$1.6B0.07%71
2003$54.6M$1.4BImports exceeded exports by $1.3B$1.4B0.07%68
2002$79.1M$1.2BImports exceeded exports by $1.2B$1.3B0.07%68
2001$70.2M$1.2BImports exceeded exports by $1.2B$1.3B0.07%70
2000$70.5M$1.3BImports exceeded exports by $1.2B$1.3B0.07%69
1999$41.9M$1.1BImports exceeded exports by $1.1B$1.2B0.07%67
1998$40.7M$1.1BImports exceeded exports by $1.1B$1.1B0.07%66
1997$64.9M$1BImports exceeded exports by $956M$1.1B0.07%65
1996$29.8M$857.7MImports exceeded exports by $827.9M$887.5M0.06%70
1995$29.9M$895.3MImports exceeded exports by $865.4M$925.2M0.07%64
1994$21.1M$791.3MImports exceeded exports by $770.2M$812.4M0.07%66
1993$27.4M$668.6MImports exceeded exports by $641.2M$696M0.07%70
1992$19.7M$721.2MImports exceeded exports by $701.5M$740.9M0.08%67
1991$10.4M$580.6MImports exceeded exports by $570.2M$591M0.06%n/a
1990$7.5M$735.8MImports exceeded exports by $728.3M$743.3M0.08%n/a
1989$10.8M$653.8MImports exceeded exports by $643M$664.6M0.08%n/a
1988$7.1M$548.1MImports exceeded exports by $541M$555.2M0.07%n/a
1987$5.4M$509.9MImports exceeded exports by $504.5M$515.3M0.08%n/a
1986$2.6M$411.1MImports exceeded exports by $408.5M$413.7Mn/an/a
1985$1.1M$341.9MImports exceeded exports by $340.8M$343Mn/an/a

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods by Country. Census Trade in Goods by Country, country.xlsx (columns IYR, EYR) · retrieved Sept. 26, 2026 · 9,217 rows · as of July 2026 · monthly. Download CSV

2026 so far (7 months): exports $187.6 million, imports $133.1 million; exports exceeded imports by $54.6 million. Not in the chart, because a part year is not comparable with a full one.

Ranks start in 1992; before then the Census workbook covers only 76 partners. Shares start in 1987, the first year with a world total.

Goods by month

US goods exports to and imports from Macao, by month

The latest 24 months. Not seasonally adjusted, so compare a month with the same month a year earlier.

$0$10M$20M$30M$40MJan. 2025July 2025Jan. 2026July 2026

Data table
MonthExportsImportsBalance
Aug. 2024$21.6M$6.1MExports exceeded imports by $15.5M
Sept. 2024$19.4M$9.5MExports exceeded imports by $9.8M
Oct. 2024$32.4M$10.9MExports exceeded imports by $21.5M
Nov. 2024$25M$7.3MExports exceeded imports by $17.7M
Dec. 2024$15.3M$7.5MExports exceeded imports by $7.7M
Jan. 2025$16.9M$7.5MExports exceeded imports by $9.5M
Feb. 2025$13.9M$6.1MExports exceeded imports by $7.8M
March 2025$15.6M$5.8MExports exceeded imports by $9.8M
April 2025$21.3M$5.7MExports exceeded imports by $15.5M
May 2025$22.7M$10.8MExports exceeded imports by $11.9M
June 2025$18.2M$9.3MExports exceeded imports by $9M
July 2025$11.2M$10.5MExports exceeded imports by $676K
Aug. 2025$13.1M$10.4MExports exceeded imports by $2.7M
Sept. 2025$21.2M$17.8MExports exceeded imports by $3.4M
Oct. 2025$20.6M$17.5MExports exceeded imports by $3.1M
Nov. 2025$19.9M$15.3MExports exceeded imports by $4.6M
Dec. 2025$13.9M$12.4MExports exceeded imports by $1.5M
Jan. 2026$19.1M$17.8MExports exceeded imports by $1.3M
Feb. 2026$27.1M$10.2MExports exceeded imports by $16.9M
March 2026$20.8M$30.4MImports exceeded exports by $9.7M
April 2026$36.8M$14MExports exceeded imports by $22.8M
May 2026$24.6M$14.3MExports exceeded imports by $10.4M
June 2026$29.3M$22.3MExports exceeded imports by $7M
July 2026$30M$24.1MExports exceeded imports by $5.9M

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods by Country. Census Trade in Goods by Country, country.xlsx (columns IJAN..IDEC, EJAN..EDEC) · retrieved Sept. 26, 2026 · 5,923 rows · as of July 2026 · monthly. Download CSV

US goods trade with Macao, August 2025 to July 2026: each month beside the same month a year earlier
MonthExportsA year earlierChangeImportsA year earlierChange
July 2026$30M$11.2M+167.1%$24.1M$10.5M+128.6%
June 2026$29.3M$18.2M+60.4%$22.3M$9.3M+140.5%
May 2026$24.6M$22.7M+8.5%$14.3M$10.8M+31.5%
April 2026$36.8M$21.3M+73.1%$14M$5.7M+143.4%
March 2026$20.8M$15.6M+33.0%$30.4M$5.8M+425.9%
Feb. 2026$27.1M$13.9M+94.2%$10.2M$6.1M+67.6%
Jan. 2026$19.1M$16.9M+13.0%$17.8M$7.5M+138.5%
Dec. 2025$13.9M$15.3M-8.9%$12.4M$7.5M+65.5%
Nov. 2025$19.9M$25M-20.6%$15.3M$7.3M+108.3%
Oct. 2025$20.6M$32.4M-36.5%$17.5M$10.9M+59.5%
Sept. 2025$21.2M$19.4M+9.5%$17.8M$9.5M+86.8%
Aug. 2025$13.1M$21.6M-39.4%$10.4M$6.1M+70.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods by Country. Monthly, August 2024 to July 2026; not seasonally adjusted. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026.

Services

Services are counted separately from goods, by a different agency, on an annual timetable. They are not added to the goods figures above.

US trade in services with Macao, 2018 to 2025
YearExportsImportsBalance (exports minus imports)
2025$434M$208MExports exceeded imports by $226M
2024$441M$34MExports exceeded imports by $406M
2023$380M$24MExports exceeded imports by $356M
2022$280M$20MExports exceeded imports by $260M
2021$266M$39MExports exceeded imports by $227M
2020$214M$28MExports exceeded imports by $186M
2019$331M$62MExports exceeded imports by $269M
2018$416M$85MExports exceeded imports by $331M

The balance column is BEA's published balance, which BEA rounds on its own, so it can differ by a million dollars from the exports and imports shown beside it. The 2025 balance is a services trade surplus, in BEA's term.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, International Services, Table 2.4. Annual, 2018 to 2025, released July 7, 2026; cells exactly as BEA publishes them, marks included. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026. Download CSV

Direct investment

The value of direct investment at year end, both ways: US companies' stake in businesses in Macao, and investors in Macao with a stake in US businesses. Historical cost (book value), not market value.

Direct investment positions, 2020 to 2025
Year endUS direct investment in MacaoDirect investment from Macao in the US
2025$1.9B-$35M
2024$1.9B-$47M
2023$1.6B$157M
2022$914M-$118M
2021$973M(D)
2020$914M(D)
  • (D) Suppressed by BEA to protect company data.

BEA assigns each position to the immediate counterpart country, which may not be where the money ends up or where the ultimate owner is. That is why financial centers such as the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Caribbean islands rank high.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Direct Investment by Country and Industry. Positions at year end, 2020 to 2025; inward by country of foreign parent; cells exactly as BEA publishes them. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026. Download CSV

Trade agreements

USTR lists no trade agreement with Macao.

From USTR's list of free trade agreements in force and its page of agreements on reciprocal trade, in USTR's own wording. USTR's reciprocal trade page does not say whether each agreement is in force, so none is described that way here.

Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative, Free Trade Agreements and Agreements on Reciprocal Trade. Checked Sept. 26, 2026. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026.

Context

Population, 2025
685,900
GDP, current US dollars, 2025
$52.1 billion

The World Bank's name for this economy: Macao SAR, China.

Source: The World Bank: World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL), UN Population Division and national statistical offices. The World Bank: World Development Indicators: GDP (current US$) (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD), country official statistics, OECD national accounts data files and World Bank staff estimates. License: CC BY 4.0. Most recent value per economy. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2026.

Top products and tariffs

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