Singapore ’s economy rose only 1.8 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, according to estimates released by the country’s Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Non-oil domestic exports dropped 15.6 percent year-on-year in March, the strongest fall since February 2013, International Enterprise (IE) Singapore said.
A slowdown in China’s economic growth is having a strong impact on Singapore as the country’s export turnover to China, in January, recorded the sharpest decrease in the past 7 years.
Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) slid 7.2 percent in December last year, from a year earlier, as shipment of non-electronics products dropped 10.3 percent.
Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose by 18.5 percent in
March from the same period last year, in contrast to the 9.7 percent
decrease seen in February, according to the country’s International
Export Agency (IE).
Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) dropped 9.7 percent in
February from the same period last year, said the International
Enterprises (IE) Singapore.
International Enterprise Singapore (IE Singapore) has trimmed its
forecast for the country’s total trade growth from 1-3 percent to
1.5-2.5 percent in 2014 and its non-oil domestic exports (NODX) growth
from 1-3 percent to between -2 and -1 percent.
Singapore’s 4.9 percent gross domestic product (GDP) increase in the
first quarter will put GDP on track to grow by 2 to 4 percent this year,
Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) Permanent Secretary Ow Foong Pheng
said.
Singapore’s total trade reached 86.9 billion SGD in March 2014, an
11.4 percent increase over the same period last year or a rise of 1.7
percent from February.
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) in January reached 13.6
billion SGD, down 3.3 percent year-on-year and 5 percent month-on-month,
announced trade agency IE Singapore on Feb. 17.
Trade agency International Enterprise (IE) Singapore announced on
November 18 that Singapore 's non-oil domestic exports (NODX)
expanded 2.8 percent in October compared to a year ago.
Demand for made-in-Singapore products continued its slide in July,
leading to non-oil domestic exports (NODX) sliding 0.7 percent
year-on-year or 1.1 percent month on month.
Singapore’s total exports in June declined for the fifth month by 2.9
percent year-on-year or 1.6 percent month-on-month, according to the
International Enterprise (IE) Singapore.