Singapore exports down 0.7% in July due to fall in electronics exports

A worker inspects a printed circuit board on the assembly line at the Venture Corp factory in Singapore Dec 15, 2008. Singapore's non-oil domestic exports dipped 0.7 per cent last month over the same period last year, as a result of slower elect
A worker inspects a printed circuit board on the assembly line at the Venture Corp factory in Singapore Dec 15, 2008. Singapore's non-oil domestic exports dipped 0.7 per cent last month over the same period last year, as a result of slower electronics exports. -- FILE PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports dipped 0.7 per cent last month over the same period last year, as a result of slower electronics exports.

Statistics released on Friday showed electronics exports fell 7.6 per cent in July, dragged down by slower sales of personal computers, integrated circuits and disk media products.

Exports of non-electronic products expanded 3 per cent over the same month last year, reversing June's decline of 7.2 per cent, said trade agency IE Singapore.

The growth was led by more exports of ship and boat structures, printed matter and petrochemicals.

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