Alcohol / Spirits 🇸🇬 Singapore
1L each of spirits, wine, and beer duty-free
Can I bring Alcohol / Spirits into Singapore?
1L each of spirits, wine, and beer duty-free
Full details
Singapore allows 1 liter each of spirits, wine, and beer duty-free (total 3L). Travelers must be 18 or older. Singapore has very high alcohol excise taxes — duty-free purchases are significantly cheaper. Changi Airport duty-free is popular for this reason.
PENALTIES
- Fine: 500–10000 SGD
- Civil penalty only
Permitted in transit. Singapore Customs imposes no alcohol import duty on transit passengers (those with onward flights who remain airside at Changi). Duty-free allowances and Customs duty apply only to passengers who clear Singapore immigration. Alcohol in sealed bottles in checked baggage passes in transit without restriction.
Leaving Singapore with alcohol / spirits
Spirits for personal consumption are freely exportable from Singapore — excise duty is origin-paid on retail purchases and no export formality applies at personal quantities. The binding constraint is the destination's duty-free allowance (typically 1 litre of spirits) above which arrival duty applies, and aviation rules: liquids over 100 ml must travel in checked baggage or as sealed duty-free purchases, and alcohol over 70% ABV is forbidden on aircraft entirely (24-70% ABV is capped at 5 litres per passenger in retail packaging).
Alcohol: 1L spirits AND 1L wine AND 1L beer (total 3L) for travelers who have spent 48+ hours outside Singapore and are not arriving from Malaysia. Travelers from Malaysia or spending less than 48 hours abroad get no alcohol allowance. No tobacco duty-free concession since January 2023 — all tobacco is dutiable. General goods relief: SGD $500 (approx. $370 USD) for 48+ hours, SGD $100 for under 48 hours.
Standard duty-free allowance applies (typically 1L spirits + 1-2L wine + beer). Declare any quantity above; excise + 9% VAT computed at Singapore Customs Red Channel. Bring purchase receipts.
1L spirits + 1L wine + 1L beer
Customs Act, Singapore Customs
This page covers destination customs rules in Singapore. Whether you can carry alcohol / spirits through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
Alcohol / Spirits is classified under Class 3 — Flammable liquids. Cabin and checked-baggage rules apply on top of any destination regulation.
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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Completely prohibited. Zero tolerance under Islamic law.
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Non-Muslim adults may import 4 litres of spirits or wine duty-free via most emirates.
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🇲🇾 Malaysia
1 liter duty-free allowance
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🇮🇩 Indonesia
1 liter duty-free; heavily taxed beyond
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🇰🇷 South Korea
1 liter (under USD 400) duty-free
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🇫🇷 France
EU standard allowances from non-EU; unlimited within EU