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Singapore's non-oil exports jump 68.4% in September, electronics rise 107.6%

Enterprise Singapore said Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose 68.4% year-on-year in September. Electronic NODX increased 107.6% and overall NODX was up 27.6% in the first nine months of 2026, EnterpriseSG said.

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What happened

Key facts

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose 68.4% year-on-year in September, according to Enterprise Singapore as reported by CNA (per CNA).
Electronic NODX rose 107.6% in September, led by disk media products, integrated circuits and personal computers (per CNA).
EnterpriseSG said robust artificial intelligence-related demand supported the rise in electronic NODX (per CNA).
EnterpriseSG reported overall NODX was up 27.6% in the first nine months of 2026 (per CNA).
Exports to Hong Kong rose 112.1% year-on-year in September, supported by shipments of non-monetary gold, integrated circuits and specialised machinery (per CNA).
Shipments to Taiwan increased 96.9% year-on-year in September (per CNA).
Exports to India fell 5.6% in September, reversing a 23.6% increase in August (per CNA).

The brief

Enterprise Singapore reported a sharp rise in Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) in September, with NODX climbing 68.4% year-on-year, according to CNA's account of the agency's data. The increase extended a revised 46.1% gain recorded in August, EnterpriseSG said, and brought cumulative growth to 27.6% for the first nine months of 2026.

The authority singled out electronics as a major driver of the September surge. Electronic NODX expanded 107.6% in September, EnterpriseSG said, driven mainly by disk media products, integrated circuits (ICs) and personal computers.

CNA reported that EnterpriseSG attributed the strength in electronics partly to robust artificial intelligence-related demand, which supported higher shipments of ICs and related components. Non-electronic NODX also contributed to the overall rise, growing 54.2% in September after an 11.9% increase in August, EnterpriseSG said.

CNA's report lists significant commodity shifts in trade destinations: exports to Hong Kong rose 112.1% year-on-year in September, aided by shipments of non-monetary gold, ICs and specialised machinery, while shipments to Taiwan increased 96.9%.

EnterpriseSG's data showed growth to several other key markets as well: exports to the United States grew 73.2% in September, while exports to India fell 5.6%, reversing a 23.6% increase recorded in August, CNA reported. The agency's figures therefore portray a mixed pattern of destination-specific performance even as the overall level of NODX strengthened.

CNA noted the September figures extended August's revised growth rate and that EnterpriseSG provided the month-by-month and year-to-date measures; the outlet reported those numbers as released by the agency.

Business outlets including BusinessToday Malaysia, The Straits Times, MarketScreener and The Business Times also ran headlines noting the 68.4% September surge, echoing the EnterpriseSG figures reported by CNA.

Taken together, EnterpriseSG's published data, as presented by CNA, show both electronics and non-electronics shipments played a role in the September rebound in NODX, with AI-related demand cited by EnterpriseSG as supporting the rapid increase in electronic exports.

Why it matters

Export-dependent Singaporean firms and workers stand to gain from the 68.4% year-on-year expansion in NODX in September because higher shipments can raise revenues for exporters and related logistics and manufacturing sectors, as shown by EnterpriseSG's data.
Technology-sector suppliers and chipmakers are directly implicated by the 107.6% rise in electronic NODX, since EnterpriseSG identified disk media products, integrated circuits and personal computers as leading contributors and linked the surge to AI-related demand.
Trade with specific markets matters: the 112.1% increase to Hong Kong and 96.9% rise to Taiwan in September concentrate export flows toward those trading partners, affecting firms exposed to those routes and the commodities EnterpriseSG named (non-monetary gold, ICs, specialised machinery).

What to watch next

Whether Enterprise Singapore publishes updated monthly NODX figures that revise the September 68.4% rate or the August revised 46.1% figure.
Whether Enterprise Singapore's next release confirms the YTD NODX growth of 27.6% for the first nine months of 2026.
Whether Enterprise Singapore provides further breakdowns showing how AI-related demand continues to affect electronic NODX components such as integrated circuits and disk media products.

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Where the outlets are based: Asia 80% · Europe 20%

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How we got here

Immediate backdrop: Singapore's monthly non-oil domestic exports (NODX) series has been tracked and published by Enterprise Singapore since the agency's creation on April 1, 2018, when it succeeded SPRING Singapore and International Enterprise Singapore; that reporting cadence and EnterpriseSG's commentary on market mix set the near-term frame for interpreting September's figures.

In August 2026 Enterprise Singapore's trade bulletins singled out volatile month‑on‑month flows in shipments to major markets, noting a 23.6% year‑on‑year increase in exports to India for that month, a movement that analysts used as the most recent comparator ahead of September data.