SINGAPORE: Singapore's manufacturing output continued its decline in July, with demand down in most clusters apart from precision ...
continued to adversely impact the level of activities in shipyards, it added.
The medical technology and pharmaceutical segments declined 10.1 per cent and 30.5 per cent respectively, with the latter recording lower output in biological products and a different mix of active pharmaceuticals ingredients from a year ago. The other electronic modules and components and semiconductors segments grew 2.8 per cent and 0.3 per cent respectively, however the infocomms and consumer electronics and computers and data storage segments recorded declines of 15.6 per cent and 20.8 per cent respectively.
The other chemicals segment fell 15.2 per cent while the specialties and petroleum segments contracted 16 per cent each, on the back of plant maintenance shutdowns and lower export orders amid the COVID-19 outbreak.Meanwhile, general manufacturing output contracted 22.2 per cent in July year-on-year, will all segments recording declines.
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