SINGAPORE, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Singapore Economic Development Board announced on Tuesday that the country's manufacturing output rose by 0.7 percent year-on-year in February, compared to a revised 0.4 percent decrease this January.
Excluding biomedical manufacturing, the output declined by 1.6 percent year-on-year in February, following the 2.8 percent decline in the previous month.
Meanwhile, on a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, Singapore's manufacturing output decreased 4.1 percent in February.
Excluding biomedical manufacturing, the output fell 0.1 percent.
In a breakdown and on a year-on-year basis, the electronics cluster's output decreased 1.1 percent in February, the biomedical manufacturing cluster's output rose 13.3 percent, the precision engineering cluster's output decreased 14.9 percent, the transport engineering cluster's output increased 4.2 percent, the chemicals cluster's output increased 2 percent, and the general manufacturing industries cluster's output grew 4.1 percent.
Excluding biomedical manufacturing, the output declined by 1.6 percent year-on-year in February, following the 2.8 percent decline in the previous month.
Meanwhile, on a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, Singapore's manufacturing output decreased 4.1 percent in February.
Excluding biomedical manufacturing, the output fell 0.1 percent.
In a breakdown and on a year-on-year basis, the electronics cluster's output decreased 1.1 percent in February, the biomedical manufacturing cluster's output rose 13.3 percent, the precision engineering cluster's output decreased 14.9 percent, the transport engineering cluster's output increased 4.2 percent, the chemicals cluster's output increased 2 percent, and the general manufacturing industries cluster's output grew 4.1 percent.
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