Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Singapore Nov exports fall 2.8 pct s/adj

Singapore's non-oil exports fell a less-than-expected 2.8 percent in November from the previous month after seasonal adjustments.

November's fall followed a revised 7.5 percent drop in October, as a weakening global economy hit demand for the country's exports.

Non-oil exports in November fell 17.5 percent from a year earlier to S$12.06 billion ($8.22 billion), trade agency International Enterprise Singapore said in a statement on Wednesday.

Singapore's economy depends heavily on trade, and non-oil domestic exports were worth about 70 percent of the country's gross domestic product last year.

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