The growth was mainly due to exports of non-electronics, especially specialized machinery, pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals, which grew by 56.8 percent, 48.3 percent, and 49.4 percent year on year respectively.
In all, Singapore's non-electronics NODX grew by 12.1 percent year on year in July, following the 13.2-percent growth in June. Meanwhile, the electronics NODX grew by 15 percent year on year, compared to the 25.5-percent growth in the previous month.
On a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, Singapore's NODX decreased by 0.9 percent in July to 16.1 billion Singapore dollars (about 11.86 billion U.S. dollars), after the 6-percent increase in the previous month.
Singapore's NODX to the Chinese mainland increased 58.5 percent year on year in July, following the revised 27.5-percent increase in June. It was the seventh consecutive month to see the growth in Singapore's NODX to the Chinese mainland.
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