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Items 51, 52?! We ban toy walkie talkies? What ! And you can't bring ginseng into the country.....
(taken from http://www.tradexchange.gov.sg...)List of Controlled Goods - Imports
ITEMS
COMPETENT AUTHORITY
1)
Amusement machines, coin or disc-operated, including pin-tables, shooting galleries & cinematograph machines
-
Public Entertainments Licensing Unit (PELU)
2)
Animals, birds and products thereof
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
3)
Arms & explosives
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
4)
Articles of asbestos
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
5)
Articles of clothing intended as protection against attack, including bullet-proof vests.
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
6)
Batteries (primary), alkaline, zinc-carbon and mercury oxide
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
7)
Cartridges/cassettes/audio compact diskettes - pre-recorded
-
Media Development Authority (MDA)
8)
Chemicals:
a) poisons and hazardous
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
b) toxic and precursors
-
National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention (NA, CWC)
c) pesticides
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
9)
a) Chewing Gum
-
Prohibited, Singapore Customs
b) Chewing Gum (Oral Dental)
-
Cosmetic Control Unit (CCU)
c) Chewing Gum (Medicinal)
-
Regulatory Support Unit (RSU)
10)
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
11)
Cigarette lighters - pistol/revolver shaped
-
Prohibited, Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
12)
Cosmetics and cosmetic products (except medicated skin and face lotions and creams which are controlled by RSU)
-
Cosmetic Control Unit (CCU)
13)
Diesel oil/fuel
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
14)
a) Rough diamonds from Cote D' Ivoire
b) Rough diamonds (KPCS)
-
-
Prohibited, Singapore Customs
Singapore Customs
15)
Films, cinema/video/laser discs
-
Media Development Authority (MDA)
16)
Fire crackers
-
Prohibited, Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
17)
Fishes and fishery products (including fin fish, crustaceans and molluscs)
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
18)
Flammable Materials
-
Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)
19)
Food items (excluding fresh/chilled vegetables and fruits)
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
20)
Fruits (fresh/chilled)
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
21)
Fruit/jackpot machines
-
Singapore Police Force Licensing Division (SPF)
22)
Ginseng roots
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
23)
Gramophone records
-
Media Development Authority (MDA)
24)
Handcuffs
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
25)
Halons
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
26)
Hair dye & hair care preparations
a) with poison
-
Regulatory Support Unit (RSU)
b) without poison
-
Cosmetic Control Unit (CCU)
27)
Helmets:
a) Industrial safety
-
Occupational Safety and Health Division (OSHD)
b) Steel
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
28)
Human Pathogens
-
Biosafety Branch (BSB)
29)
Industrial safety items:
a) Belts
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Occupational Safety and Health Division
b) Harnesses
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(OSHD)
c) Life line
}
d) Safety lines
}
e) Nets
}
30)
Irradiating apparatus
-
Centre for Radiation Protection (CRP)
31)
Mastering equipment and replication equipment for any of the following:
a) CD (compact disc)
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Singapore Customs
b) CD-ROM (compact disc-read only memory)
}
c) VCD (video compact disc)
}
d) DVD (digital video disc)
}
e) DVD-ROM (digital video disc-read only memory).
}
32)
Meat and meat products of animals and birds
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
33)
Medicines/medicaments/pharmaceutical
-
Regulatory Support Unit (RSU)
34)
Medicaments, veterinary
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
35)
Milk powder - skimmed (coloured for animal feed)
Fresh milk/skimmed/pasteurised from Peninsular
Malaysia/Sabah/Sarawak, refer to AVA for endorsement
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
36)
Nitro-cellulose
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
37)
Organic fertilizer
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
38)
Petroleum
-
Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)
39)
Plants with/without soil, flowers and seeds
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
40)
Poppy seeds (kaskas)
-
Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB)
41)
Precursor Chemicals
-
Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB)
42)
Publications
-
Media Development Authority (MDA)
43)
Radio-active materials
-
Centre for Radiation Protection (CRP)
44)
Rhinoceros horn, worked, unworked or prepared and worked and powder of this product
-
Prohibited, Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
45)
Rice (excluding rice bran)
-
International Enterprise Singapore
46)
Surface-active agents, anionic
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
47)
Tableware and kitchenware of :
-
a) porcelain or china
}
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
b) lead crystal
}
48)
Tapes, pre-recorded
-
Media Development Authority (MDA)
49)
Telecommunication equipment:
a) Radio Telecommunication Equipment, e.g. walkie talkie. The radio telecommunication equipment (except cellular handphone or other such equipment approved by IDA) will be prohibited if operating on GSM frequency bands 890 - 915, 935 - 960 MHz. e. g. wireless headphone/speaker, microphone
}
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)
b) Line Communication Equipment, e.g. fax machine, telephone set
}
c) Broadcast Receivers with Communication Option, e.g. radio amplifier or tuner
}
50)
Timber and wood (CITES listed)
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
51)
Toy guns/pistols/revolvers
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
52)
Toy walkie-talkie
-
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)
53)
Vegetables (fresh/chilled)
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
54)
Waste lead-acid batteries and waste batteries made with lead, cadmium or mercury
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
55)
Imports and Goods in Transit to Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(i) Any of the following items:
(a) battle tanks;
(b) armoured combat vehicles;
(c) large calibre artillery systems;
(d) combat aircraft;
(e) attack helicopters;
(f) warships;
(g) missiles or missile systems.
(ii) Related material, including spare parts of any item falling under paragraph (i); and
(iii) Any item, material, equipment, goods and technology related to nuclear programmes, ballistic missile programmes and other weapons of mass destruction programmes set out in the lists in the United Nations Security Council documents S/2006/814, S/2006/815 and S/2006/853, respectively, which documents are updated from time to time and made available on the Internet through the official United Nations website at http://www.un.org/.
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}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Prohibited, Singapore Customs
56)
Imports and Goods in Transit to Iran
Any item, material, equipment, goods and technology related to nuclear programmes, ballistic missile programmes and other weapons of mass destruction programmes set out in the lists in the United Nations Security Council documents S/2006/814 and S/2006/815, which documents are updated from time to time and made available on the Internet through the official United Nations website at http://www.un.org/.
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Prohibited, Singapore Customs
seriously? wtf.
(taken from http://www.tradexchange.gov.sg...)List of Controlled Goods - Imports
ITEMS
COMPETENT AUTHORITY
1)
Amusement machines, coin or disc-operated, including pin-tables, shooting galleries & cinematograph machines
-
Public Entertainments Licensing Unit (PELU)
2)
Animals, birds and products thereof
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
3)
Arms & explosives
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
4)
Articles of asbestos
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
5)
Articles of clothing intended as protection against attack, including bullet-proof vests.
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
6)
Batteries (primary), alkaline, zinc-carbon and mercury oxide
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
7)
Cartridges/cassettes/audio compact diskettes - pre-recorded
-
Media Development Authority (MDA)
8)
Chemicals:
a) poisons and hazardous
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
b) toxic and precursors
-
National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention (NA, CWC)
c) pesticides
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
9)
a) Chewing Gum
-
Prohibited, Singapore Customs
b) Chewing Gum (Oral Dental)
-
Cosmetic Control Unit (CCU)
c) Chewing Gum (Medicinal)
-
Regulatory Support Unit (RSU)
10)
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
11)
Cigarette lighters - pistol/revolver shaped
-
Prohibited, Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
12)
Cosmetics and cosmetic products (except medicated skin and face lotions and creams which are controlled by RSU)
-
Cosmetic Control Unit (CCU)
13)
Diesel oil/fuel
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
14)
a) Rough diamonds from Cote D' Ivoire
b) Rough diamonds (KPCS)
-
-
Prohibited, Singapore Customs
Singapore Customs
15)
Films, cinema/video/laser discs
-
Media Development Authority (MDA)
16)
Fire crackers
-
Prohibited, Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
17)
Fishes and fishery products (including fin fish, crustaceans and molluscs)
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
18)
Flammable Materials
-
Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)
19)
Food items (excluding fresh/chilled vegetables and fruits)
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
20)
Fruits (fresh/chilled)
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
21)
Fruit/jackpot machines
-
Singapore Police Force Licensing Division (SPF)
22)
Ginseng roots
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
23)
Gramophone records
-
Media Development Authority (MDA)
24)
Handcuffs
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
25)
Halons
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
26)
Hair dye & hair care preparations
a) with poison
-
Regulatory Support Unit (RSU)
b) without poison
-
Cosmetic Control Unit (CCU)
27)
Helmets:
a) Industrial safety
-
Occupational Safety and Health Division (OSHD)
b) Steel
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
28)
Human Pathogens
-
Biosafety Branch (BSB)
29)
Industrial safety items:
a) Belts
}
Occupational Safety and Health Division
b) Harnesses
}
(OSHD)
c) Life line
}
d) Safety lines
}
e) Nets
}
30)
Irradiating apparatus
-
Centre for Radiation Protection (CRP)
31)
Mastering equipment and replication equipment for any of the following:
a) CD (compact disc)
}
Singapore Customs
b) CD-ROM (compact disc-read only memory)
}
c) VCD (video compact disc)
}
d) DVD (digital video disc)
}
e) DVD-ROM (digital video disc-read only memory).
}
32)
Meat and meat products of animals and birds
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
33)
Medicines/medicaments/pharmaceutical
-
Regulatory Support Unit (RSU)
34)
Medicaments, veterinary
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
35)
Milk powder - skimmed (coloured for animal feed)
Fresh milk/skimmed/pasteurised from Peninsular
Malaysia/Sabah/Sarawak, refer to AVA for endorsement
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
36)
Nitro-cellulose
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
37)
Organic fertilizer
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
38)
Petroleum
-
Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)
39)
Plants with/without soil, flowers and seeds
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
40)
Poppy seeds (kaskas)
-
Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB)
41)
Precursor Chemicals
-
Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB)
42)
Publications
-
Media Development Authority (MDA)
43)
Radio-active materials
-
Centre for Radiation Protection (CRP)
44)
Rhinoceros horn, worked, unworked or prepared and worked and powder of this product
-
Prohibited, Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
45)
Rice (excluding rice bran)
-
International Enterprise Singapore
46)
Surface-active agents, anionic
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
47)
Tableware and kitchenware of :
-
a) porcelain or china
}
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
b) lead crystal
}
48)
Tapes, pre-recorded
-
Media Development Authority (MDA)
49)
Telecommunication equipment:
a) Radio Telecommunication Equipment, e.g. walkie talkie. The radio telecommunication equipment (except cellular handphone or other such equipment approved by IDA) will be prohibited if operating on GSM frequency bands 890 - 915, 935 - 960 MHz. e. g. wireless headphone/speaker, microphone
}
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)
b) Line Communication Equipment, e.g. fax machine, telephone set
}
c) Broadcast Receivers with Communication Option, e.g. radio amplifier or tuner
}
50)
Timber and wood (CITES listed)
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
51)
Toy guns/pistols/revolvers
-
Arms and Explosives Licensing Division (A&E)
52)
Toy walkie-talkie
-
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)
53)
Vegetables (fresh/chilled)
-
Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
54)
Waste lead-acid batteries and waste batteries made with lead, cadmium or mercury
-
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
55)
Imports and Goods in Transit to Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(i) Any of the following items:
(a) battle tanks;
(b) armoured combat vehicles;
(c) large calibre artillery systems;
(d) combat aircraft;
(e) attack helicopters;
(f) warships;
(g) missiles or missile systems.
(ii) Related material, including spare parts of any item falling under paragraph (i); and
(iii) Any item, material, equipment, goods and technology related to nuclear programmes, ballistic missile programmes and other weapons of mass destruction programmes set out in the lists in the United Nations Security Council documents S/2006/814, S/2006/815 and S/2006/853, respectively, which documents are updated from time to time and made available on the Internet through the official United Nations website at http://www.un.org/.
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Prohibited, Singapore Customs
56)
Imports and Goods in Transit to Iran
Any item, material, equipment, goods and technology related to nuclear programmes, ballistic missile programmes and other weapons of mass destruction programmes set out in the lists in the United Nations Security Council documents S/2006/814 and S/2006/815, which documents are updated from time to time and made available on the Internet through the official United Nations website at http://www.un.org/.
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Prohibited, Singapore Customs
seriously? wtf.