Factory output up 13% in April, biomedical manufacturing doubles

Singapore

SINGAPORE'S manufacturing output in April increased for a second consecutive month on a surge in biomedical manufacturing amid the Covid-19 crisis, preliminary figures from the Economic Development Board (EDB) on Tuesday showed.

On a year-on-year basis, manufacturing output rose 13 per cent. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output fell 3.5 per cent due to Covid-19 measures implemented both locally and worldwide.