Top Import Products of Singapore

10-Apr-2025

Overview

Singapore
 

> Integrated Circuits: 18%

> Refined Petroleum: 14%

> Pharmaceuticals: 11%

> Computer Equipment: 10%

> Chemical Products: 9%

> Machinery and Equipment: 8%

> Telecommunication Equipment: 7%

> Optical and Medical Instruments: 6%

> Plastics and Articles: 5%

> Food and Beverages: 4%

These top 10 import items represented a significant 92% of Singapore's total import value for 2023. When analyzing Singapore's customs records, it's evident that the fastest-growing import categories were Integrated Circuits (USD 45 billion), Refined Petroleum (USD 35 billion), and Pharmaceuticals (USD 27.5 billion) showing a robust upward trend. Conversely, the declining sectors in the import landscape included products of the Integrated Circuits, Refined Petroleum, Pharmaceuticals, as well as Computer Equipment.

For businesses and market analysts, the subsequent chart offers a deeper dive, showcasing the monetary value and market dynamics of Singapore’s top 10 import commodities for 2023.

YOY and MOM comparison of growth and share of top Import Products of singapore
Import Products of Singapore
100
Top Products 2023 2022 Growth% 2023 Share 2022 Share
Other vegetables, Fresh or chilled

HSN Code:  07099990   07099300   07096010  
Importers : Singapore Importers 1,003
Singapore Importers Shipment 1,896,518
Value $37,510,112.73 $89,857,193.72 redDownArrow -58.26% 0.03%
Shipment 40,380 26,497 greenUpArrow 52.39% 0.88%
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, Or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, Switches, Relays, Fuses, Surge suppressors, Plugs, Sockets, Lamp-holders and other connectors, Junction boxes), For

HSN Code:  85365096   85362030   85366992  
Importers : Singapore Importers 3,024
Singapore Importers Shipment 537,027
Value $655,004,268.95 $5,420,049,040.37 redDownArrow -87.92% 0.48%
Shipment 217,997 123,234 greenUpArrow 76.90% 4.75%
T-shirts, Singlets and other vests, Knitted or crocheted

HSN Code:  61091010   61091020   61099020  
Importers : Singapore Importers 2,934
Singapore Importers Shipment 519,866
Value $221,934,609.15 $737,558,557.5 redDownArrow -69.91% 0.16%
Shipment 68,744 44,012 greenUpArrow 56.19% 1.50%
Bread, Pastry, Cakes, Biscuits and other bakers’ wares, Whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, Empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, Sealing wafers, Rice paper and similar products

HSN Code:  19059090   19059030   19059080  
Importers : Singapore Importers 2,490
Singapore Importers Shipment 460,399
Value $113,728,763.89 $192,912,101.45 redDownArrow -41.05% 0.08%
Shipment 28,554 11,337 greenUpArrow 151.87% 0.62%
Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914

HSN Code:  39269099   39263000   39269059  
Importers : Singapore Importers 7,771
Singapore Importers Shipment 399,810
Value $334,923,226.95 $1,670,366,134.07 redDownArrow -79.95% 0.24%
Shipment 120,299 85,263 greenUpArrow 41.09% 2.62%
Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, Put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings

HSN Code:  30049099   30041090   30042099  
Importers : Singapore Importers 1,714
Singapore Importers Shipment 396,108
Value $740,954,940.78 $808,034,601.37 redDownArrow -8.30% 0.54%
Shipment 144,220 167,054 redDownArrow -13.67% 3.15%
Other furniture and parts thereof

HSN Code:  94036090   94035000   94039090  
Importers : Singapore Importers 4,449
Singapore Importers Shipment 362,327
Value $200,015,804.54 $1,291,844,520.34 redDownArrow -84.52% 0.15%
Shipment 45,301 42,953 greenUpArrow 5.47% 0.99%
Women’s or girls’ suits, Ensembles, Jackets, Blazers, Dresses, Skirts, Divided skirts, Trousers, Bib and brace overalls, Breeches and shorts (other than swimwear) ---- suits :

HSN Code:  62041990   62046900   62044300  
Importers : Singapore Importers 4,398
Singapore Importers Shipment 350,672
Value $1,070,324,183.19 $415,890,301.99 greenUpArrow 157.36% 0.78%
Shipment 87,518 16,356 greenUpArrow 435.08% 1.91%
Women’s or girls’ suits, Ensembles, Jackets, Blazers, Dresses, Skirts, Divided skirts, Trousers, Bib and brace overalls, Breeches and shorts (other than swim wear), Knitted or crocheted ---- suits :

HSN Code:  61046200   61044200   61046300  
Importers : Singapore Importers 1,204
Singapore Importers Shipment 302,468
Value $122,103,828.95 $484,412,969.12 redDownArrow -74.79% 0.09%
Shipment 31,957 22,809 greenUpArrow 40.11% 0.70%


HSN Code:   
Importers : Singapore Importers 4,948
Singapore Importers Shipment 279,678
Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 116,574 135,622 redDownArrow -14.04% 2.54%
Telephone sets, Including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: other apparatus for the transmission or reception of vice, Images or other data, Including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a loc

HSN Code:  85177921   85176290   85171300  
Importers : Singapore Importers 2,606
Singapore Importers Shipment 254,520
Value $1,204,104,098.86 $1,501,955,404.31 redDownArrow -19.83% 0.87%
Shipment 101,534 59,823 greenUpArrow 69.72% 2.21%
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8535, 8536 or 8537

HSN Code:  85389011   85389012   85389013  
Importers : Singapore Importers 1,130
Singapore Importers Shipment 227,005
Value $214,389,051.33 $1,026,016,936.33 redDownArrow -79.10% 0.16%
Shipment 96,174 46,407 greenUpArrow 107.24% 2.10%
Jerseys, Pullovers, Cardigans, Waistcoats and similar articles, Knitted or crocheted ---- of wool or fine animal hair :

HSN Code:  61102000   61103000   61101100  
Importers : Singapore Importers 1,141
Singapore Importers Shipment 222,578
Value $225,395,681.23 $578,661,530.58 redDownArrow -61.05% 0.16%
Shipment 39,895 30,793 greenUpArrow 29.56% 0.87%
Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Kohlrabi,Kale and similar edible brassicas, Fresh or chilled

HSN Code:  07049090   07041010   07041020  
Importers : Singapore Importers 292
Singapore Importers Shipment 210,187
Value $0 $0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Shipment 0 0 redDownArrow 0% 0.00%
Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, Cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, Whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, Made up of individually sheathed fibres, Whether or not assembled with

HSN Code:  85444299   85444942   85444941  
Importers : Singapore Importers 2,757
Singapore Importers Shipment 208,086
Value $499,422,684.8 $785,127,436 redDownArrow -36.39% 0.36%
Shipment 87,606 31,999 greenUpArrow 173.78% 1.91%