SINGAPORE: More than S$7.1 million (US$5.4 million) in penalties was imposed after 23,742 travellers were caught evading duties and goods and services tax (GST) across air, land, and sea checkpoints in the first 10 months of 2025, Singapore Customs said on Monday (Dec 1).
This marks a sharp increase from the same period in 2024 and 2023, when 13,099 and 7,139 travellers were caught and fined S$3.47 million and S$2.3 million respectively.
The number of offenders fined the maximum S$5,000 penalty for making incorrect or incomplete declarations to Customs also jumped to 142 in the first 10 months of this year, compared with 46 and 51 in the corresponding periods in 2024 and 2023.
