Singapore to update its strategic goods control list

Singapore Customs has published a circular announcing a new Strategic Goods Control Order (‘SGCO’) 2017, which will come into force on 1 September 2017.

The proposed changes bring Singapore’s strategic goods control list up to date with the 2016 Wassenaar Arrangement Munitions List, and the 2016 European Union list of dual-use Items.

The circular also references changes to the Strategic Goods (Control) Regulations 2004, including expanding the scope of strategic goods subject to transhipment controls to include two new category codes, and also a technical amendment to the Strategic Goods (Control) Brokering Order 2007.