The same facet states, sources, evidence dates, missing inputs and transaction context as structured JSON.
{
"schema_version": "trade-route-answer.v1",
"kind": "trade_route_answer",
"context_id": "TR-SG-BE-64280A",
"mode": "cross_border",
"transaction": {
"buyer": {
"company_id": null,
"name": "Buyer in Singapore",
"country": "SG"
},
"supplier": {
"company_id": null,
"name": "Supplier in Belgium",
"country": "BE"
},
"movement": {
"ship_from": "BE",
"origin_country": "BE"
},
"goods": {
"description": null,
"hs_code": null,
"end_use": "unknown"
},
"payment": {
"currency": null,
"bank_jurisdiction": "unknown"
}
},
"verdict": {
"state": "review",
"title": "Country route described, coverage incomplete. No conclusion on this transaction yet.",
"summary": "Belgium and Singapore are the selected parties' countries; the actual customs procedure remains to be established. Our sanctions register has no reviewed coverage for Singapore, so the answer shows the gap instead of assuming ordinary treatment."
},
"coverage_summary": "1 established · 2 need input · 3 not checked",
"facets": [
{
"key": "route",
"state": "needs_input",
"conclusion": "Customs procedure not established for this shipment",
"explanation": "You selected a seller in Belgium, dispatch from Belgium and a buyer in Singapore. Different country codes alone do not establish an external customs border: customs territories, internal arrangements, goods status and transit must be checked. For an ordinary third-country entry, Singapore's importer identification is UEN with Customs Account, plus an import permit; its applicability to this shipment remains to be established.",
"scope": "Selected countries only; customs and tax territory and goods status have not been established",
"missing_inputs": [
"Confirm the customs and tax territories for the actual movement",
"Establish the goods' customs status and any transit procedure"
],
"sources": [
{
"source_id": "customs-id-sg",
"source_label": "Singapore Customs",
"source_url": "https://www.customs.gov.sg/",
"observed_at": "2026-07-21",
"source_as_of": "Import mechanics reviewed 2026-07-21"
}
]
},
{
"key": "restrictions",
"state": "not_checked",
"conclusion": "Singapore outside our sanctions register's reviewed coverage",
"explanation": "Our country-level register holds no programme for Singapore, but it lists only measures we have reviewed and is not exhaustive: silence here is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that no measure exists. EU binds this lane, so their measures on Singapore have to be checked at the authority before anyone relies on this. EU binds the supplier itself: a seller established in Belgium follows its own export-control and sanctions rules whatever the currency.",
"scope": "No reviewed coverage for this country in our register",
"missing_inputs": [
"Check the Singapore country measures at each binding authority (EU)",
"Screen the supplier, its owners, the consignee and the end user"
],
"sources": [
{
"source_id": "un-sc-sanctions",
"source_label": "United Nations Security Council, sanctions information",
"source_url": "https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/information",
"observed_at": "2026-08-27",
"source_as_of": "Current official programme index"
},
{
"source_id": "eu-sanctions-map",
"source_label": "European Commission, EU Sanctions Map",
"source_url": "https://www.sanctionsmap.eu/",
"observed_at": "2026-08-27",
"source_as_of": "Current official programme index"
}
]
},
{
"key": "trade_preference",
"state": "needs_input",
"conclusion": "EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement covers this pair",
"explanation": "The agreement is on record (in force since 2019-11). The preferential rate itself is a product question: it needs the exact HS code, the product schedule and proof of Belgium origin.",
"scope": "Existence of the agreement only; rate and origin rules per product",
"missing_inputs": [
"Add the exact HS code",
"Obtain acceptable proof of origin from the supplier"
],
"sources": [
{
"source_id": "fta-eu-singapore-free-trade-agreement",
"source_label": "EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement",
"source_url": "https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/countries-and-regions/singapore_en",
"observed_at": "2026-08-27",
"source_as_of": "In force since 2019-11"
},
{
"source_id": "access2markets",
"source_label": "Access2Markets, My Trade Assistant (tariffs and product requirements by HS code)",
"source_url": "https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/home",
"observed_at": "2026-08-27",
"source_as_of": "Live product query required"
}
]
},
{
"key": "vat_and_customs",
"state": "established",
"conclusion": "Standard GST rate 9% in Singapore; shipment treatment not established",
"explanation": "The destination's standard GST rate is 9%. This does not establish that this movement is a taxable import or that this rate applies to these goods. Confirm customs and tax territory, exemptions, the product-specific rate and the tax base before pricing. The UEN with Customs Account, plus an import permit concerns ordinary import clearance; first establish whether that procedure applies.",
"scope": "Destination standard rate only, not this shipment's tax treatment or duty",
"missing_inputs": [
"Add the exact HS code for the duty rate"
],
"sources": [
{
"source_id": "vat-sg",
"source_label": "IRAS Singapore",
"source_url": "https://www.iras.gov.sg/taxes/goods-services-tax-(gst)",
"observed_at": "2026-07-21",
"source_as_of": "Standard rate reviewed 2026-07-21"
},
{
"source_id": "customs-id-sg",
"source_label": "Singapore Customs",
"source_url": "https://www.customs.gov.sg/",
"observed_at": "2026-07-21",
"source_as_of": "Import mechanics reviewed 2026-07-21"
}
]
},
{
"key": "goods",
"state": "not_checked",
"conclusion": "Goods not specified",
"explanation": "Without the exact HS or CN code neither duty nor product rules can be established.",
"scope": "Product-specific requirements per code",
"missing_inputs": [
"Add the exact HS or CN code",
"Describe the product"
],
"sources": [
{
"source_id": "access2markets",
"source_label": "Access2Markets, My Trade Assistant (tariffs and product requirements by HS code)",
"source_url": "https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/home",
"observed_at": "2026-08-27",
"source_as_of": "Live product query required"
}
]
},
{
"key": "company_screening",
"state": "not_checked",
"conclusion": "No supplier company selected",
"explanation": "Country information cannot establish a supplier identity. Select the exact legal entity to screen it.",
"scope": "No counterparty in scope",
"missing_inputs": [
"Select or establish the exact legal entity"
],
"sources": []
}
],
"documents": [
{
"title": "Commercial invoice and packing list",
"note": "Core shipment and valuation documents.",
"responsible_party": "Supplier",
"requirement": "Typical"
},
{
"title": "Transport document",
"note": "Bill of lading, air waybill or road consignment note.",
"responsible_party": "Carrier",
"requirement": "Typical"
},
{
"title": "Customs declaration",
"note": "Required only if the established customs procedure calls for it; check whether UEN with Customs Account, plus an import permit applies. Country codes alone do not establish this obligation.",
"responsible_party": "Buyer / broker",
"requirement": "Conditional"
},
{
"title": "Proof of origin",
"note": "Needed only when claiming the preferential rate.",
"responsible_party": "Supplier",
"requirement": "Conditional"
},
{
"title": "Product compliance evidence",
"note": "Depends on the product code and intended use.",
"responsible_party": "Supplier",
"requirement": "Conditional"
}
],
"next_actions": [
"company_passport",
"pre_payment_check",
"landed_cost",
"alternative_suppliers",
"rfq"
],
"human_page": "https://hellofapartner.com/can-i-trade/singapore/belgium"
}
Can a buyer in Singapore import from Belgium?