SINGAPORE – Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) accelerated last month and at a pace faster than expected, aided by electronic and non-electronic shipments such as specialised machinery and petrochemicals.
Nodx surged 15.9 per cent from the low base a year ago, higher than the 8.6 per cent gain in May. It also extended the positive growth trend seen since December last year, according to data released by government agency Enterprise Singapore (ESG) on Friday (July 16).
Last month’s year-on-year export growth was almost double the 8 per cent increase forecast by analysts polled by Bloomberg.
On a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, Nodx rose by 6 per cent in June, after the previous month’s 0.2 per cent decline. It beat the 1 per cent gain tipped in the Bloomberg survey.
Electronic exports on a year on year basis, expanded by 25.5 per cent in June, following the 11 per cent growth in the previous month.
Personal computer shipments jumped by 130.2 per cent, integrated circuits rose by 14.9 per cent and diodes and transistors by 32.2 per cent.
Non-electronic shipments expanded by 13.2 per cent, following the 7.9 per cent growth in the previous month.
Specialised machinery shipments were up 43.2 per cent, while petrochemicals surged 51.2 per cent.
Nodx to Singapore’s top 10 markets as a whole rose, though shipments to the United States, Japan and Malaysia declined.
The largest contributors to the rise in Nodx were China, up 27.6 per cent, the European Union (36.7 per cent) and Taiwan (41.4 per cent).
