Singapore Customs

Customs Clearance

 

Please use the Green Channel for your baggage clearance if you do not have controlled or prohibited items to declare and have not exceeded your Duty Free Concession or GST relief.

Please use the Red Channel if you have items to declare or if in doubt

Alcohol Allowance

 

If you are above 18 years of age, traveled from countries other than Malaysia and have spent 48 hours or more outside Singapore immediately before your arrival, you are granted the following duty-free concessions for liquors:
 

Option
Spirits
Wine
Beer
A
1 Litre
1 Litre
1 Litre
B
-
2 Litres
1 Litre
C
-
1 Litre
2 Litres

Cigarettes Allowance

 

There is no duty-free concession for Tobacco, including cigarettes and cigars. Such dutiable goods should be declared. (For more information on GST Relief and other Duty-Free Concession, please visit Singapore Customs’ website @ http://www.customs.gov.sg)

 

If in doubt, always seek clearance at the Red Channel.

Cash Allowance
 
As of 1 November 2007, the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crime (Confiscation of Benefits) Act requires that a persons who moves into or out of Singapore, Physical Currency and Bearer Negotiable Instruments (CBNI) the total value of which exceeds SGD30,000.00 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) must give a report to an Immigration Officer or to the Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office.