Singapore's manufacturing output jumped 17.6% in April, backed by strong growth across almost all clusters, the city-state's Department of Statistics reported Tuesday.
Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output rose 21.5% year-on-year in April.
Electronics output grew 44%, driven by robust AI-related demand, the data showed. Precision engineering gained 15.1%, while general manufacturing and transport engineering expanded 16.9% and 10.1%, respectively.
Meanwhile, biomedical manufacturing fell 16.1%, mainly due to softer demand for medical devices, while chemicals dropped 17.6%.
On a month-on-month basis, manufacturing output increased 5.8% in April. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output was also up 5.8% on a monthly basis.
