Singapore's September exports rise 6.9% y/y, much stronger than forecast

FILE PHOTO: People walk along the water as a cargo ship is seen docked at Pasir Panjang port terminal in Singapore on February 3, 2025. Singapore's non-oil domestic exports slipped 4.6 percent in July from a year earlier, government data showed on August 18, 2025 as shipments to the United States plunged by more than 40 percent. - AFP

SINGAPORE: Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose 6.9% in September from the same month a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, led by a sharp rise in electronics shipments.

Last month's export growth compared with a Reuters poll forecast of a 2.1% contraction, and followed a revised fall of 11.5% in August.