Singapore Asking Traders to Update Customs Accounts, Will Terminate Inactive Accounts

Singapore Customs is urging traders to update their primary contact, secondary contact and “Trade Notification Contact” details in their “Customs Account,” the agency said in a Nov. 25 notice. In addition, Singapore will “terminate” certain inactive accounts after March 1, 2020, for “security reasons,” the agency said. If a company registered with Singapore Customs “does not have any import, export or tran[s]shipment activities” within the last five years and “does not have any existing registration(s) with Customs,” such as a “Declaring Agent (DA), Claimant, Cargo Agent Import Authorisation (CAIA), manifest submission, licensed premises” or manufacturer registration, the company’s account will be terminated, Singapore said.