Check plant health import requirements

You must fulfil NParks’ specified plant health import requirements before you can import plants or plant products into Singapore.

Find out the specific requirements based on types of plant imports:

Ornamental plants, nursery stock and seeds

Cut flowers and foliage

Herbarium specimens

Growing media

Fresh produce and economic crops

Plant pathogens

Biological control agents

Insects and other inveterbrates

Beneficial organisms or beneficial organism products

CITES-listed plants

You must obtain a CITES permit and follow the respective plant health requirements if you are importing plants protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Find out how to apply for a CITES permit

Plants containing controlled drugs

Certain plants and their derivatives contain controlled drugs. It is an offence to import them under Singapore's Misuse of Drugs Act.

Living modified organisms or genetically modified organisms

You must first apply to the Genetic Modification Advisory Committee (GMAC) if you are importing living modified organisms or genetically modified organisms (LMOs/GMOs).

The GMAC will evaluate and recommend if your LMOs or GMOs can be imported into Singapore. We will then get in touch with you on the process of importing your LMOs or GMOs if approval is granted.

You may refer to the following for more information:

• Guidelines on the release of agriculture-related GMOs
• Singapore’s biosafety guidelines for research on GMO