Singapore's industrial output logged a sharp growth in October driven by pharmaceutical production, data published the Economic Development Board showed Wednesday.
Industrial output advanced 29.1 percent year-on-year in October, following September's 16.2 percent increase.
Excluding biomedical manufacturing, industrial production moved up 11.7 percent after rising 1.0 percent in September.
Month-on-month, industrial production growth more than halved to 11.5 percent from 26.4 percent in September.
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