Singapore’s exports unexpectedly fell in April as manufacturers shipped fewer electronics goods and sales to customers in the U.S. and Hong Kong declined.
Non-oil domestic exports dropped 1.8 percent from a year earlier, after a revised 9.9 percent gain in March, the island’s trade promotion agency said in a statement today. The median estimate of 13 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for an increase of 7.9 percent. Full story
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