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Factory output up 13% in April, biomedical manufacturing doubles
Published Tue, May 26, 2020 · 09:50 PM
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.
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