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Shipping to Singapore: what is not allowed

Singapore is fast and efficient for personal parcels but enforces famously strict rules — chewing gum, e-cigarettes and several other items are banned.

Not accepted for Singapore

  • Chewing gum (import for sale is banned)
  • E-cigarettes, vaping products, and imitation tobacco
  • Chewing tobacco and shisha/hookah products
  • Controlled drugs (severe penalties)
  • Obscene material, pirated goods, and firecrackers

Allowed, with conditions

  • Medicines — personal quantity with a prescription; some need Health Sciences Authority (HSA) approval
  • Food — packaged and declared (Singapore Food Agency rules)
  • Supplements — declare

GST applies to imported goods, including low-value parcels; declare contents accurately.

Enforcement is strict — do not ship banned items.

Never accepted, wherever you are

These are refused by the airlines and by Indian export rules, so they cannot leave our warehouse for any destination.

  • Cash, currency, cheques, bullion, and loose precious stones
  • Narcotics, illegal drugs, and psychotropic substances
  • Firearms, ammunition, explosives, fireworks, and weapons (including replicas)
  • Loose lithium batteries and power banks
  • Flammable, corrosive, or pressurised goods — perfumes/deodorant sprays, aerosols, paints, thinners, fuel, gas cylinders, lighters, and matches
  • Live animals, plants, seeds, soil, and products of endangered species (CITES)
  • Pornographic, obscene, or seditious material
  • Counterfeit goods and pirated media
  • Human remains, biological samples, and infectious substances
  • Radioactive and toxic substances

If you are not sure about something, ask on WhatsApp before you order it. We would much rather answer a question than tell you a parcel is stuck.

Rules for other destinations