Customs policies and restrictions of Asian countries
Singapore Customs regulations
The Singapore health department stipulates that for all beauty products or cleaning products (including skin care, hair care, tooth care and daily necessities and washing products) imported into Singapore, the recipient needs to pay a document fee of 15 Singapore dollars. If the total value of the goods exceeds 400 US dollars, a 7-point consumption tax needs to be paid. If the recipient is unwilling to pay, it will be charged to the sender.
For all CD and DVD products imported into Singapore, the recipient must pay a document fee of 15 US dollars. If the value of the goods exceeds SGD400, the recipient needs to pay consumption tax.
Special notes for Malaysian printed materials
All printed materials (such as books and picture albums) imported into Malaysia must be formally declared to the relevant departments for review to see if they are pornographic, anti-government, or anti-religious content. A customs clearance declaration fee of 15 US dollars is required. Please collect this fee directly from the sender when receiving the goods.
Notice on the requirements of wooden packaging shipments in South Korea
Since most wooden packaging shipments shipped to South Korea do not meet the requirements of quarantine inspection, resulting in corresponding fines and handling fees when the shipments are cleared at the local customs, since 2012, the Korean Customs has stipulated that all shipments containing log packaging materials must obtain approval from international plant quarantine measures and use standardized packaging. The shipments must have a seal mark of log heat treatment or fumigation certification, which must include a valid mark authorized by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), the country code, and the unique code of the inspection agency authorized by the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO). This mark must be marked on both sides of the outer packaging. If the goods are not accompanied by the certification mark of log heat treatment or fumigation as required, all fines or other handling fees incurred when the shipment arrives at the local customs clearance will be directly borne by the shipper.
The items that need to provide documents are: all non-processed wooden packaging materials, such as Pallets, Crating, Dunnage, Packing Blocks, etc.
Items that can be exempted from documents are: Plywood, Veneer Panel, Particle Board, Oriented Strand Board, Wafer Board, Fiber Board, Densified Wood, Glued Laminated Wood, Agglomerated Cork, Pulp, Wood Wool, Wood Flour, Ground Cork.
Korea Address Issue
Toll headquarters informed that for all shipments to Korea, customs requires all express shipments to have a complete consignee details (address and phone number). Incomplete or fictitious addresses and phone numbers are invalid and will be punished. Please note that the consignee address must contain details such as house number, street name, building number, etc. In addition, the details of the post office box should not be included.
Regarding the customs clearance requirements for private shipments to Fiji
Private shipments to Fiji must provide the recipient’s tax number registration letter to assist in customs clearance. This tax number registration letter will allow the recipient’s information to be recorded in the local customs system, so customs clearance will be implemented after the shipment arrives locally. The customs system will record all recipient information for analysis purposes.
Notice on Cambodia’s restriction on the value of shipped goods
Cambodia stipulates that the declared value of imported local parcels cannot exceed US$300 (and cannot be US$300). If the shipment exceeds this limit, it may be rejected by Hong Kong FedX and the shipper will be required to arrange for the return of the shipment, and the return pickup fee will be directly charged to the shipper; if the shipment arrives locally, it will be forcibly returned to the place of shipment by the local customs, and the return freight will be borne by the sender.