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Singapore Manufacturing Output Rises 10% in March

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-- Singapore's manufacturing output jumped 10.1% in March, backed by strong growth across almost all clusters, the city-state's Department of Statistics reported Monday.

Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output rose 13.5% year-on-year in March.

Electronics output grew 30%, driven by robust AI-related demand, the data showed. Precision engineering gained 14.0%, while general manufacturing and transport engineering expanded 7.6% and 2.0%, respectively.

Meanwhile, biomedical manufacturing fell 14.3%, mainly due to softer demand for medical devices, while chemicals dropped 16.0%.

On a month-on-month basis, manufacturing output increased 4.7% in March. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output was up 3.5% on a monthly basis.

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