singaporesingapores nonoil domestic exports rose at a fasterthanexpected pace in december driven by growing shipments of electronics and strong demand from major trading partners such as china and the european union nonoil domestic exports from the southeast asian trading hub climbed 184 in december from a year earlier enterprise singapore said monday the result beat the median estimate for an 118 rise in a survey of seven economists by the wall street journal and compared with a 242 increase in november measured on month singapores nonoil domestic exports rose 37 in seasonally adjusted terms in december up from novembers 10 growth the median projection from six economists was for a 075 rise in december exports of electronics climbed 136 in december from a year earlier versus a 292 expansion in the previous month nonelectronics exports grew 199 following a 226 rise the main contributors to nonelectronic domestic exports in december were pharmaceuticals which jumped 723 specialized machinery which climbed 225 and petrochemicals which rose 284 nonoil domestic exports to china climbed 363 on the back of steep jumps in pharmaceuticals specialized machinery and petrochemicals exports to the european union rose 325 thanks to substantial increases in specialized machinery primary chemicals and pharmaceuticals exports to the us slumped 256 swinging from a 09 rise in november