This is the first time the country's manufacturing output has fallen sincelast October when it decreased 0.4 percent year on year.
Excluding biomedical manufacturing, the output grew 9.4 percent yearon year in September, compared to the revised 13.5 percent growth inAugust.
On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, Singapore'smanufacturing output dropped 2.8 percent in September. Excluding biomedicalmanufacturing, the output fell 5.1 percent.
In the first three quarters of this year, Singapore's manufacturingoutput grew 11.9 percent year on year. Excluding biomedical manufacturing,the output grew 14.8 percent year on year./.
