Manufacturing Fixed Asset Investments in 2014
Industry Cluster
Investment Commitments
(S$ billion)
Contribution to Total Investment
Commitments (%)
Total Manufacturing
6.7
100.0
Electronics
1.6
23.9
Chemicals
2.6
38.8
Biomedical Manufacturing
0.8
11.9
Precision Engineering
0.3
4.5
Transport Engineering
0.8
11.9
General Manufacturing Industries
0.6
9.0
Source: EDB
1.3 TRANSPORT & STORAGE SECTOR PERFORMANCE
Latest available statistics for the first nine months of 2014 showed the transport and storage sector, a key demand
driver of logistics and warehousing space, expanded by 2.5% YoY, compared to 2.6% YoY over the corresponding
period in 2013.
Preliminary figures for 2014 showed container throughput and sea cargo throughput increasing by 4.0% YoY and
3.5% YoY, to 33.9 million TEUs
1
and 580.8 million tonnes, respectively. Over the same year, air freight movements
were relatively stable at 1.8 million tonnes, inching upwards by just 0.3% YoY.
TOTAL MANUFACTURING FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
2004
2008
2006
2010
2013
2005
2009
2012
2007
2011
2014
$18,000
$12,000
$6,000
$16,000
$10,000
$4,000
$14,000
$8,000
$2,000
$0
S$ million
Electronics
Biomedical Manufacturing
Transport Engineering
Chemicals
Precision Engineering
General Manufacturing Industries
Source: Economic Survey of Singapore/EDB
1 TEU or twenty-foot equivalent unit is a measure of capacity in container transportation.
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