India • Singapore • Mauritius

There is no limit on the amount of currency you can bring into Singapore . If you are 18 years old or above and are arriving from a country other than Malaysia and have spent no less than 48 hours outside Singapore immediately before your arrival, you may use the following duty-free concessions for personal consumption:

• Sprits: 1 liter

• Wine or port : 1 liter

• Beer, stout or ale : 1 liter

There are no concessions on cigarettes and other tobacco products. This is in line with the Singapore government's campaign to discourage smoking.

Excess dutiable items may be left in Customs Bond until your departure, provided this is from the same point of entry. Storage costs are chargeable.

There is a 3% Goods and Services Tax (GST) levied on all goods imported into Singapore. A bona fide traveler, other than holders of work permit, employment pass, student pass, dependent pass or long term pass, will be given relief on GST on new purchases, gifts, souvenirs and food preparations, excluding liquor and tobacco, up to the value of:

• S$ 150 if you have been away from Singapore for less than 48 years.

• S$300 if you have been away from Singapore for 48 hours or more.

In line with most other countries, Singapore prohibits the entry of some items, while others are subject to controls and restrictions.

Other prohibited items include:

• Chewing gum

• Chewing tobacco and imitation tobacco products

• Cigarette lights of pistol/revolver shape

• Controlled drugs and psychotropic substances

• Endangered species of wildlife and their by-products

• Firecrackers

• Obscene articles, publications, video tapes and software

• Reproduction of copyright publications, video tapes or discs, records or cassette

• Seditious and treasonable materials

Travelers who carry medicine with them, especi8ally sleeping pills, depressants and stimulants, must ensure that they bring along the prescription confirming that the medicine is used for their physical well-being while traveling.

Drug Abuse

Drug abuse is viewed seriously in Singapore. The death penalty is mandatory for those convicted of trafficking, manufacturing, importing or exporting more than any one of the following.

• 15g of heroin

• 30g of morphine

• 30g of cocaine

• 500g of cannabis

• 200g of cannabis resin

• 1.2kg of opium

Possession of such quantities is deemed as prima facie evidence of trafficking.

Those convicted of unauthorized drug consumption face maximum imprisonment of 10 years, fine of S$20,000 , or both.