exports

AI demand to keep Singapore’s export growth robust despite Middle East uncertainty: economists

May’s 38.4% NODX growth, the strongest in over 2 decades, prompts Maybank to lift its 2026 forecast to 15%

Singapore's total merchandise trade grows 39.7% in May, with both exports and imports increasing.

Singapore’s key exports growth hits 22-year high of 38.4% in May

Electronics shipments jump 95% on strong chip, computer demand; pharmaceuticals lead non-electronics growth

Nearly 40% of the EU’s total car production is for export, and the unit value of European auto exports is twice as high as that of imports from China.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Why Europe’s tariff plans on China won’t solve its trade problem

Imposing trade levies on China will hurt the region’s supply chains without fixing its deeper export issues

Singapore accounts for roughly 20% of global semiconductor equipment production. Its position across memory, advanced packaging and equipment becomes structurally harder to bypass as AI chip complexity increases.
INVESTING GLOBALLY & PROFITABLY

NODX a macro tailwind, but can SGX-listed semiconductor stocks deliver?

April data is best read as validation of a structural thesis that Singapore has embedded itself in the AI hardware value chain

The lack of operational clarity in the shake-up of Indonesia’s commodities exports is showing up in trading activity, with fresh fruit bunch prices declining in Sumatra and Kalimantan.

Indonesia’s commodity export shake-up sparks industry alarm, investor jitters

Insiders warn that the move could upend trade flows and add to regulatory uncertainty

Singapore businesses continue to eye the United States' large talent pool, robust venture capital ecosystem and mature consumer base.
BRUNCH

‘10% is nothing’: Singapore firms with US dealings soldier on, scale up despite Trump tariffs

Home-grown companies say the American market is as attractive as ever, even with import duties hurting margins

The AI boom is meanwhile pushing both Chinese exports and imports to record highs, with foreign purchases in April soaring 25 per cent from year ago to US$275 billion.

China earns US$500 million per hour from exports supercharged by AI

The country has emerged as the world’s largest supplier of AI-related goods last year

A trucker drives his cargo at the West Basin Container Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, Feb 24,  2026.

US trade gap widened in March as imports outpaced exports

The value of imports rose 2.3 per cent, reflecting a rise in inbound shipments of motor vehicles and consumer goods