Tariff Monitor
Tariffs on Imports From Singapore
In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $1.5B of goods from Singapore across the 5 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, paying an effective tariff rate of 1.54%, up from 0.01% the year before. Singapore's largest tracked categories: semiconductor and display equipment, optical elements and lenses, measuring and inspection instruments. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.
The current reading
- Tracked imports from Singapore: $1.5B in 2025 across 5 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
- Effective tariff rate paid: 1.54% (0.01% the year before), calculated duties ÷ customs value.
- History depth: 12 years of annual named-source boards.
Largest tracked families from Singapore
- Semiconductor and display equipment
- Optical elements and lenses
- Measuring and inspection instruments
- Batteries and storage cells
- Turbines and fluid-power drives
Frequently asked questions
- How much does the U.S. import from Singapore? Across the 5 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Singapore totaled $1.5B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where Singapore ranks among the largest named sources.
- What tariff rate do imports from Singapore actually pay? In 2025, imports from Singapore paid an effective rate of 1.54% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 0.01%.
- What does the U.S. import most from Singapore? Among tracked manufacturing families, Singapore's largest recent categories are semiconductor and display equipment, optical elements and lenses, measuring and inspection instruments, batteries and storage cells. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
- Is the tariff burden on Singapore rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Singapore moved +1.5 points year over year to 1.54% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.
About this data
- Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.