Singapur

Member of:

- Non of the Regimes

Legislation:

The Strategic Goods (Control) Act (SGCA) regulates the export, transhipment, transit, intangible transfer of technology and brokering of strategic goods and strategic goods technology. It prescribes a “catch-all” provision where all goods or technology intended or likely to be used for weapons of mass destruction purposes will be subject to controls.

Strategic Goods (Control) Regulations (SGCR)

The Strategic Goods (Control) Regulations (SGCR) spell out the procedural guidelines to support the implementation of the SGCA – including facilitative permit procedures for legitimate activities and the conditions for approval, revocation, or suspension of the permits.

Strategic Goods (Control) Order

Singapore has updated its list of strategic goods and strategic goods technology in the Strategic Goods (Control) Order 2023, effective from 1 October 2023.

Amendment table for Strategic Goods (Control) Order

amendment table for more information on the changes made.

FAQ for Strategic Goods (Control) Order 2023

Strategic Goods (Control) (Brokering) Order

Singapore has updated the categories of goods and technology which require a brokering registration in the Strategic Goods (Brokering) (Control) Order 2019, effective from 1 October 2019.

Strategic Goods Control List

List of controlled goods

Controlled activities

Export : Goods taken out of Singapore by land, water or air, and includes the placing of the goods in a conveyance for the purpose of taking it out of Singapore (does not include the taking out from Singapore of goods that have been brought in transit or transhipped).

Re-export : Goods imported into Singapore and subsequently re-exported to another destination. Includes transhipped goods consigned to a local party.

Transhipment : Goods removed from the conveyance they were brought into Singapore, and subsequently placed on the same or another conveyance for the purpose of taking them out of Singapore. These acts are carried out on a through bill of lading, through air waybill or through manifest without being consigned to a local party.

Transit : Goods brought into Singapore, and subsequently taken out from Singapore on the same conveyance they are brought into Singapore. These acts are carried out on a through bill of lading, through air waybill or through manifest, without being consigned to a local party. Goods brought in transit are not unloaded and remain on board the conveyance.

Intangible Transfer of Technology (ITT) : Any electronic transmission of controlled strategic goods technology in Singapore (such as email or fax), or the act of making the controlled strategic goods technology available in Singapore on a computer, so that it becomes accessible to a person in a foreign country.

Brokering: The act of arranging or negotiating, or carrying out any act to facilitate the arrangement or negotiation of a contract to acquire or dispose of any controlled goods or technology if that person knows or has reason to believe that such a contract will or is likely to result in the removal of those goods and technology from one foreign country to another foreign country.

Catch-All-Control

Catch-all Provision

You will have to obtain an Individual Permit if you:

Have been notified by an authorised officer
Know; or have reasonable grounds to suspect that

the goods and technology are intended or likely to be used, wholly or in part, for or in connection with the:

- Development;
- Production;
- Handling;
- Operation;
- Maintenance;
- Storage;
- Detection;
- Identification; or
- Dissemination

of any nuclear, chemical or biological weapon OR-Development;
- Production;
- Maintenance; or
- Storage

of missiles capable of delivering any nuclear, chemical or biological weapons

The “catch-all” provision applies even if the goods are not strategic goods or strategic goods technology.