Singapore exports

Semiconductor firm VSMC opens first plant in Singapore, will create 1,600 jobs by 2029

The US$7.8 billion fab in Tampines Wafer Park will produce 44,000 12-inch wafers a month at full capacity by 2029.

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US aligns inflation policy with other central banks like Singapore’s with first rate hike since 2023

The policy alignment shows that economies, big or small, are in the same boat when it comes to basic economic issues.

Singapore’s key exports jump 46.2% in August, exceeding forecasts

Both electronics and non-electronics shipments expanded in August.

US calls transshipments a ‘scam’: Why firms reroute goods and how S’pore manages this

Maritime transshipment is a common yet fundamental practice in logistics, designed to ensure that goods reach their final destination efficiently.

Singapore’s key exports rise 24.2% in July due to strong AI demand, but miss forecasts

Electronics NODX grew 112 per cent, with disk media products seeing the largest increase at 339.1 per cent.

Firms transshipping through S’pore must declare the true country of origin of goods: MTI

This comes after a White House report naming Singapore as part of China’s ‘shadow transshipment network’.

‘Nothing we can do’: Singapore businesses stung by higher 12.5% US tariff

T.K. Khor (left), owner of Outsource Asia Industries, said the Trump administration’s tariff salvo has already cost him a chunk of business as some customers were not willing to take on the higher costs.
Credit: Courtesy of T.K. Khor

Trump hits Singapore with new 12.5% tariff, affecting one-third of exports to US

Singapore has rejected suggestions that it engages in unfair trade practises, including the use of forced labour in supply chains.

News analysis

Singapore’s AI-powered growth masks economic risks from Iran war and US tariffs

Beyond elevated energy prices, other risks to Singapore’s economic growth include US tariffs and the El Nino weather pattern, which may push up food prices.

Singapore’s key exports rise 20.7% in June, miss forecasts despite strong AI demand

Singapore’s export growth in June was slightly softer than the 28.7 per cent expansion forecast by economists in a Bloomberg poll.

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