Consumers importing goods into Singapore

Key requirements

Qualifying air or postal goods with CIF at most S$400 can have import relief, excluding liquor and tobacco. Sea and land have no equivalent value relief; above the air/post threshold, GST applies to the whole CIF plus duty, not just the excess. A registered overseas supplier may still charge low-value-goods GST at purchase. For overpayment, use the declaring agent, courier, SingPost or Customs route matching the actual import channel and keep permits and receipts. Verify payment requests through official channels: the source warns against unsolicited GST requests for online purchases. Distinguish this border threshold from the goods’ sale-value OVR test.