, Singapore

Singapore's manufacturing output down 4.7% in February

Biomedical manufacturing was the only bright spot.

Singapore's manufacturing output declined 4.7% year-on-year in February, according to data released by the Economic Development Board (EDB).

Excluding biomedical manufacturing cluster—where output expanded by 5.8% year-on-year—overall manufacturing output would have declined by a steeper 7.4%.

Output of the precision engineering cluster decreased 7.5% year-on-year in February, while output of the electronics cluster dropped by 8.4%. Output of the general manufacturing cluster was fairly flat, while output of the chemicals cluster rose 5.8%.

On a three-month moving average basis, manufacturing output declined 5.8% in February, compared to a year ago. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, manufacturing output decreased 4.8%. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output fell 2.1%.

Join Singapore Business Review community
A NOTE FROM SINGAPORE BUSINESS REVIEW

The people you want to reach are already in this room.

Every quarter, SBR lands on the desks of the founders, CFOs, and directors running Asia's most consequential companies. Every day, they open our newsletter and read our website. It's a room that took twenty years to build — and it's the one most of our partners are trying to get into.

The good news is that the door is open. We work with companies on thought leadership articles, sponsored content, industry summits across Southeast Asia, regional awards programmes, podcasts, and media placements in print and digital. The shape of the right partnership depends on what you're trying to do, which is why we'd rather start with a conversation than send a rate card.


If you have something this room should know about, tell us. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help, and how.

No rate cards until we understand the brief. It's a better use of everyone's time.