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# Singapore’s Q2 growth reached 5.7% as electronics and precision engineering lifted manufacturing
- URL: https://www.southeastasiaconnect.com/singapore-gdp-q2-2026-ai-manufacturing-fast-brief/
- Published: 2026-07-16T07:17:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T02:38:37.000Z
- Description: MTI’s advance estimate says Singapore grew 5.7% year on year in the second quarter, with manufacturing supported by electronics and precision-engineering output tied to AI-related semiconductor demand.
- Author: Southeast Asia Connect Editors
- Tags: News & Signals, Singapore, AI, News, #Migrated-1789693934967, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-18 01:12, #sea-section-news, #sea-source-b31c0c6112eb6c76567a562c

[Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and](https://www.mti.gov.sg/newsroom/singapore-s-gdp-grew-by-5-7-per-cent-in-the-second-quarter-of-2026/?ref=southeastasiaconnect.com) Industry says the economy grew 5.7% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, based on advance estimates. That was down from 6.3% in the preceding quarter; on a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis, the economy grew 1.1%.

MTI says manufacturing expanded 12.2% year on year, accelerating from 8.0% in the prior quarter. The ministry attributes the increase largely to electronics and precision-engineering output, citing strong AI-related demand for semiconductors and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment.

The ministry also reports contractions in chemicals and biomedical manufacturing, and says manufacturing grew 5.3% quarter on quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis after a first-quarter contraction.

## What to watch

This is an advance-estimate readout rather than a completed annual assessment. MTI reports the GDP and sector figures, and attributes the quarter’s manufacturing growth to AI-related semiconductor demand and equipment output.

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