Singapore's August Non-Oil Domestic Exports: Summary

By Marco Babic

Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of Singapore's external trade figures for August released by International Enterprise Singapore.

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                               Aug.   July   June    May  April  March   Feb.
                               2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008
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Non-oil Domestic Exports
YoY% change                  -13.8%  -5.8% -10.6% -10.5%   5.3%  -5.9%   6.2%
MoM% (sa)                      2.0%  -2.3%   4.2%  -9.8%   1.5%  -2.7%  -1.4%
                             --------------------- YoY% ---------------------
Total trade                    10.5%  20.6%  14.6%  15.5%  21.2%  10.8%  18.9%
Exports                        7.7%  15.2%  10.9%  12.4%  16.4%   4.4%  17.7%
 Electronics                 -19.4% -14.1% -14.7%  -8.5%  -0.5%  -8.5%  -2.4%
Imports                       13.7%  26.8%  18.7%  19.0%  26.7%  18.4%  20.2%
                             ------------------- MoM% (SA) ------------------
Total Trade                    -5.3%   1.6%   5.4%  -4.8%   6.0%   0.3%  -4.5%
Non-oil Retained Imports        4.3%  -0.1%  12.5%  -8.9%  -7.0%   2.2%  12.8%
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                               Aug.   July   June    May  April  March   Feb.
                               2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008
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                            ------------------ S$ billion -------------------
Total Trade (sa)              79.796 84.239 82.943 78.674 82.608 77.922 77.714
Non-oil Domestic Exports (sa) 13.366 13.105 13.409 12.874 14.274 14.060 14.443
Non-oil Retained Imports (sa)  5.904  5.660  5.664  5.036  5.525  5.940  5.813
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Note: Figures are in nominal terms unless otherwise indicated.

Source: International Enterprise Singapore

To contact the reporter on this story: Marco Babic in Singapore at mbabic@bloomberg.net