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Growth in S'pore factory output slows in May

Electronics cluster sustains double-digit advance

Published Fri, Jun 23, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

SINGAPORE'S factory output continued to moderate by growing at a lower-than-expected 5 per cent in May 2017 versus a year ago, as the electronics cluster sustained its double-digit growth while the biomedical manufacturing extended its steep decline.

Stripping out biomedical manufacturing, output grew 13.1 per cent.

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Growth in S'pore factory output slows in May

KEYWORDS IN THIS ARTICLE

Economy & Policy

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