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Singapore June petrochemical exports, NODX fall 17%

ICIS 2019-07-18

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Singapore's petrochemical exports in June fell by 16.7% year on year to Singapore dollars (S$) 1.24bn ($912m), weighing on overall non-oil domestic exports (NODX), official data showed on Wednesday.


The June reading marks the 10th straight month of contraction in the country's petrochemical exports.


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The country's overall NODX in June fell by 17.3% year on year to S$12.4bn, posting a steeper decline than the previous month's 16.3%, Enterprise Singapore said.


Non-electronic NODX, which includes pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals, fell by 12.4% year on year to S$9.79bn in June.


Its exports of primary chemicals to China slumped by 50.5% in June.


Singapore's NODX to nine out of Singapore's top 10 markets contracted in June.


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Singapore’s export-oriented economy has been hurting from the year-long trade war between the US and China.


In the second quarter, the city-state posted a much slower annualised GDP growth of 0.1%, and registered a 3.4% quarter-on-quarter contraction.


($1 = S$1.36)

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