Handel / Business

Trading

Being a market economy with a port that lets 99 % of all goods to come in duty-free, Singapore is one of the most liberal countries in the world when it comes to trading regulations.

Singapore is part of the Asean Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) and it also has Free Trade Agreements with Australia, EFTA, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Transpacific SEP (Brunei, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore) and USA.

Singapore is currently negotiating possible agreements with China, Canada, Mexico, Pakistan, Ukraine, The Gulf Co-operation Council & ASEAN together with a number of countries.

For more information on trade matters, please refer to the links to the right.

(Last updated 21 August 2008)