Manufacturing rises 8.3% in December despite 13.3% MoM crash

Electronics output grew 30.8% as biomedical manufacturing falls 38.8%.

Singapore’s manufacturing output grew 8.3% year-on-year (YoY) in December 2025, supported by strong gains in electronics and transport engineering.

Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output rose 16%, according to an EDB Singapore report.

However, total manufacturing output fell 13.3% on a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output decreased 4.9%.

The electronics cluster recorded output up 30.8% YoY, driven by a 32.4% increase in semiconductor production amidst sustained demand for artificial intelligence-related products.

Overall, output for the electronics cluster grew 12.7% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Transport engineering output increased 19.9%, supported by a 35.9% expansion in aerospace, on the back of higher production of aircraft parts and sustained maintenance, repair and overhaul jobs from commercial airlines.

The marine and offshore segment rose 8.5% amidst increased work on oil rigs and offshore platforms.

Precision engineering output rose 3.4%, led by a 15.4% increase in precision modules and components, whilst machinery and systems grew 1%. Output for the cluster grew 3.6% in 2025.

By contrast, biomedical manufacturing output decreased 38.8% YoY, largely due to a 69.7% decline in pharmaceutical production, on account of a different mix of active pharmaceutical ingredients produced compared to a year earlier.

Output in the medical technology segment rose 4.4%. Chemicals output declined 1.6%, dragged down by a 23.2% contraction in petrochemicals, partly due to weaker demand and plant maintenance shutdowns.

Overall, output for the biomedical manufacturing cluster expanded 16.3% last year.

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