Singapore’s exports plummeted in June amid a worsening trade war, spelling more bad news for the city state’s economy.
Non-oil domestic exports contracted 17.3% from a year ago after falling a revised 16.3% in May, Enterprise Singapore said in a statement on Wednesday. That was worse than the median estimate of a 9.6% decline in a Bloomberg survey of economists.
The data adds to the gloomy outlook in Asia. China’s exports fell 1.3% in June from a year ago, while shipments from South Korea, India and Indonesia also contracted.
Singapore’s electronics exports plunged 31.9% in June from a year ago after dropping 31.6% in May. The biggest contractions in overall shipments were to Hong Kong (-38.2%), Japan (-23.2%) and South Korea (-22.7%).