SINGAPORE, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew by six percent year on year this April, compared to the 11.9 percent rise in March, according to government agency Enterprise Singapore on Monday.

The growth was mainly due to exports of non-electronics, especially specialized machinery, petrochemicals and primary chemicals, which grew by 54.3 percent, 63.3 percent and 104.6 percent year on year respectively.

In all, Singapore's non-electronics NODX grew by 4.7 percent year on year in April, following the 9.2 percent growth in March. Meanwhile, the electronics NODX grew by 10.9 percent year on year, compared to the 24.4 percent growth in March.

On a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, Singapore's NODX decreased by 8.8 percent in April to 15.4 billion Singapore dollars (about 11.54 billion US dollars), following the 1.1 percent increase in the previous month.

Singapore's NODX to Chinese mainland surged 55.5 percent year on year in April, following the 46.4 percent increase in March. Enditem

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