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For GST-registered businesses

The Specialised Warehouse Scheme (SWS) is for warehouses that are used for providing specialised storage facilities to overseas persons and most of the goods stored will eventually be exported. A warehouse approved under SWS is known as an “Approved Specialised Warehouse” (ASW).

The purpose of SWS is to facilitate zero-rating relief on the following supplies to overseas persons:
  • Qualifying services (e.g. storage, auction, broking, valuation services) performed on qualifying goods (e.g. works of art, antiques, precious metals and stones) stored in an ASW. All GST-registered businesses can zero-rate their supplies that meet the conditions.
  • Lease/ tenancy/ licence to occupy storage space in an ASW. This will include the provision of a ‘private storage unit’ which is generally a supply of goods for GST purposes. Only the operator of an ASW can zero-rate such a supply.
If you operate a Zero-GST or Licensed warehouse which is wholly used for your business of storing qualifying goods, you may apply for the SWS. Amongst other eligibility requirements, most of the customers (at least 90%) who store goods in the warehouse must be overseas customers and most of the goods (at least 90%) removed from the warehouse are for export. The Comptroller of GST will grant approval on a warehouse-by-warehouse basis.

For more information on the eligibility requirements and operational details of the SWS, please refer to the e-Tax Guide GST: Specialised Warehouse Scheme and Zero-rating of Supplies (365KB). If you wish to apply for SWS, please submit the GST F26: Application for Specialised Warehouse Scheme (226KB) with the supporting documents stated in the form to the Comptroller of GST.

List of Approved Specialised Warehouses under SWS

Details of Approved Specialised Warehouses (ASW) and the approved warehouse operators under SWS are as follows:

S/No

GST Registration Number

Business Name of the ASW Operator

Address of ASW

Zero-GST / Licensed Warehouse License Number of the ASW

Date of Approval

Status

1 200916870M Helutrans Artmove (S) Pte Ltd 32 Changi North Crescent, The Singapore Freeport, Singapore 499643  FP001Z 15/12/2011 Active
2 200920616M Malca-Amit Singapore Pte Ltd 32 Changi North Crescent, The Singapore Freeport, Singapore 499643 FP006Z 13/02/2012 Active
3 200910054R Fine Art Logistics NLC Pte Ltd 32 Changi North Crescent, The Singapore Freeport, Singapore 499643  FP004Z 01/03/2012 Active


 
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Last Updated on 22 October 2012


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