Singapore's manufacturing production surged 17.6% year-on-year in April 2026, accelerating from a downwardly revised 9.2% in the previous month and comfortably beating market expectations of 12%. It marked the strongest growth since October 2025, driven by a significant increase in electronics output (44.0% vs 29.0% in March), particularly semiconductors (42.6% vs 29.4%) and infocomms and consumer electronics (129.6% vs 72.1%). Overall factory activity was further supported by stronger growth in precision engineering (15.1% vs 8.8%), transport engineering (10.1% vs 3.7%), and general manufacturing industries (16.9% vs 8.1%). In contrast, production continued to contract in biomedical manufacturing (-16.1% vs -14.0%) and chemicals (-17.6% vs -15.2%). On a monthly basis, industrial production climbed to a six-month high of 5.8% from a downwardly revised 3.5% gain in March, above market forecasts of 1.5%. For the January–April period, industrial production increased 10.2%.