SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports rose 6.9% in September from the same month a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, led by a sharp rise in electronics shipments.

Last month’s export growth compared with a Reuters poll forecast of a 2.1% contraction, and followed a revised fall of 11.5% in August.

Among key markets, major contributors to the export growth were Hong Kong, Taiwan and China, while shipments to the European Union, the U.S. and Indonesia declined, Enterprise Singapore said.

Singapore has been hit with a 10% tariff rate by Washington. Singapore’s exports to the United States dropped by an annual 9.9% in September after a 29.1% fall in August.

While the city-state’s economy performed better than expected in the first half of the year due to

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