Can I send electronics to Singapore?
Yes, with conditions.
Personal devices are fine with batteries installed. Scanners, radio jammers, and phone voice changers are banned, and other radio equipment may need IMDA approval.
For every Onvoyo box: Devices are fine with the battery installed and switched off. Loose lithium batteries and power banks can't go by air.
More rules for Singapore
Allowed with conditions
- Radio and telecom equipment
- Customs lists it as controlled. Mobile phones are fine. Scanners, jammers, and phone voice changers are banned outright, and other radios that work on mobile-phone bands are banned unless IMDA approves them.
Before you ship to Singapore
- Tax-free limit
- Boxes sent by air, including by express courier, with a CIF value (goods plus insurance and freight) of S$400 (about $313) or less pay no GST at import. Alcohol and tobacco never qualify, and the relief doesn't apply to boxes that arrive by sea or land. Above S$400, GST applies to the whole value. Since 2023, online purchases of S$400 or less from GST-registered overseas sellers have GST charged by the seller at checkout; your own used belongings and gifts aren't bought from such a seller, so the normal S$400 border relief applies to them.
- Receiver ID
- Singapore Customs' guidance for personal parcels doesn't ask for a tax or ID number. The courier needs the receiver's full name, phone number, and email to collect any GST and deliver. If you're claiming GST relief on relocation, the Declaration of Facts needs a copy of the passport and/or NRIC, plus the ICA Re-Entry Permit for Permanent Residents.
- Transit
- 2-4 business days from elsewhere in Asia; 3-5 from Europe or North America
Questions
Can I send electronics to Singapore?
Yes, with conditions. Personal devices are fine with batteries installed. Scanners, radio jammers, and phone voice changers are banned, and other radio equipment may need IMDA approval.
Ask about a specific item
Official sources
- 1.
Singapore Customs
Courier / Postal Procedures (opens in a new tab) - 2.
Singapore Customs
Controlled and Prohibited Goods for Imports (opens in a new tab) - 3.
Singapore Customs
Customs Guide for Travellers (English) (opens in a new tab) - 4.
Health Sciences Authority (HSA)
Travelling with medications to Singapore (opens in a new tab) - 5.
Singapore Food Agency (SFA)
List of Food & Food Products Allowed (opens in a new tab) - 6.
National Parks Board (NParks)
Apply for an import permit (opens in a new tab) - 7.
Singapore Customs
List of Dutiable Goods (opens in a new tab) - 8.
Singapore Customs
Duty-Free Concession and GST Import Relief (opens in a new tab)
General guidance, not legal advice. Customs in Singapore makes the final decision on every box.