Singapore Exports Unexpectedly Fall in April on Electronics Shipments

Bloomberg, 16 May 2011
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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