• Goods that are subject to customs & excise duties are known as dutiable goods. Dutiable goods in Singapore are intoxicating liquors, tobacco products, motor vehicles and petroleum products.

• You have to pay duty on these goods ("dutiable goods") if they are:

• manufactured in Singapore OR

• imported into Singapore

• You can temporarily suspend the payment of duties:

• in Free Trade Zones (FTZs)

• in Licensed Warehouses

• under the Industrial Factory Exemption Scheme

• You may be able to reduce or eliminate duties if:

  • you are importing goods from a country that has signed a Free Trade Agreement with Singapore OR

  • you are importing goods from a country that is covered under one of the Schemes of Preferences

• Singapore Customs charges procedural and administrative fees. For instance, you have to pay fees for:

  • supervising the destruction of goods

  • supervising the unstuffing (i.e. unpacking from containers) of goods

  • certified true copies of customs permits

See:   Table of miscellaneous fees