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$12.1 billion in GST, customs and excise duties collected in 2025: Singapore Customs

Singapore Customs collected $8.9 billion in GST and $3.2 billion in customs and excise duties in 2025.
Singapore Customs collected $8.9 billion in GST and $3.2 billion in customs and excise duties in 2025.

70 travellers caught for evading taxes, duties in week-long operation at S’pore checkpoints

More than 10,000 travellers and 260 vehicles were identified for checks, and over 14,000 pieces of luggage and hand-carry bags were scanned or searched. during the operations.
More than 10,000 travellers and 260 vehicles were identified for checks, and over 14,000 pieces of luggage and hand-carry bags were scanned or searched. during the operations.

askST: What do I have to pay GST on after coming back from a holiday?

Travellers may use the Custom@SG web app to declare and make payment for GST-payable items up to three days in advance.
Travellers may use the Custom@SG web app to declare and make payment for GST-payable items up to three days in advance.

Man under Customs probe for not declaring over $30k of Pokemon cards at airport

A 25-year-old Singaporean man was found to have undeclared assorted Pokemon trading cards worth more than $30,000 in total.
A 25-year-old Singaporean man was found to have undeclared assorted Pokemon trading cards worth more than $30,000 in total.

4 arrested after Singapore Customs seizes over 4,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes

Duty-unpaid cigarettes and vans seized from raids in Canberra Street (top row) and Eunos Ave 7.
Duty-unpaid cigarettes and vans seized from raids in Canberra Street (top row) and Eunos Ave 7.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.