Singapore Export Growth Unexpectedly Quickens on Pharmaceuticals

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Singapore’s export growth unexpectedly quickened in June as pharmaceutical shipments rebounded, countering a smaller increase in electronics sales.

Non-oil domestic exports climbed 6.8 percent from a year earlier, after a 3.2 percent gain in May, the trade promotion agency said in a statement today. The median of 13 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey was for a 2 percent increase.