Singapore is one of the top 15 milk importing countries in the world, in 2021, the total import of milk and cream (HS code 0402) is 414 million USD, the main imported products are soy milk, powdered milk, condensed milk…Singapore's main import partners are New Zealand (accounting for 50% market share), Australia (accounting for 9.16% market share), the United States (accounting for 6.77% market share) and the Netherlands (5.35% market share). market share).

Singapore is importing dairy products from Vinamilk of, focusing on condensed milk and nutritious milk products. Vietnam enterprises should concentrate to export milk and milk products to Singapore. TH Group also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Singaporean partner to prepare for the export of organic fresh milk and agricultural products, fresh and organic foods to Singapore.

Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has introduced extremely difficult technical barriers for milk and milk products of Vietnam - a country still on the list of affected countries by foot and mouth disease (FMD) according to the World Organization for Animal Health. Therefore, in order to be eligible to export fresh milk to Singapore, Vietnamese fresh milk producers need to refer to some of the following procedures that apply to countries that are not yet immune to FMD. Businesses need to meet the following requirements: supervision by Vietnam's Food Authority or a quality assurance program approved by SFA.

Conditions for companies to export fresh milk is:

- Under the appropriate supervision of the Food Authority of Vietnam or

- Have a quality assurance program approved by the SFA.

Singapore importers will be required to maintain documentation demonstrating that imported products were manufactured under sanitary conditions at a regulated manufacturing facility. Here are some examples of documents that the SFA accepts as proof:

- Certificate of HACCP

- Certificate of GMP

- Health certificate (issued by the authority of the exporting country)

- Certificate of export (issued by the authority of the exporting country)

- Factory operation license (issued by the authority of the exporting country)

All food additives and ingredients contained in exported fresh milk must be on the list of permitted substances regulated by the SFA:

Permitted under the Singapore Food Regulations: https://www.sfa.gov.sg/docs/default-source/tools-and-resources/resources-for businesses/foodadditivesunderfr_inclnewadditivesunderfdamdtre.pdf

Guidance information on the requirements for the use of food additives: https://www.sfa.gov.sg/docs/default-source/tools-and-resources/resources-for-businesses/guidance-information-on-requirements-for-food-additives.pdf

All prepackaged food products for sale in Singapore must be labeled according to specified requirements: https://www.sfa.gov.sg/food-information/labelling-packaging-information/labelling-guidelines-for-food-importers-manufacturers