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Business Costs of Singapore's Manufacturing and Services Industries

26 February 2009

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This box examines the business cost structure of various manufacturing and services industries to identify the key drivers of their business costs.

Methodology and Data

Business costs for both manufacturing and services industries can be divided into “labour cost”, “services cost”, and “government rates and fees” (Exhibit 1). This follows the definition adopted by the Department of Statistics (DOS) in its computation of the Unit Business Cost for Manufacturing.

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