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Singapore’s highly import dependent, multi-billion-dollar food industry is driven by robust consumer spending, high disposable incomes, and intense urbanization

The Burmese military’s February 1, 2021 coup will negatively impact agricultural trade at least in the short-term due to the country-wide Civil Disobedience Movement, which involves widespread labor strikes in opposition to the military’s action.

In March 2021, Burma’s rice exports are forecast to be weak and largely unrecorded due to widespread instability following the February 1, 2021 military coup.

Following the February 1, 2021 coup by the Burmese military, agricultural trade has been crippled due to country-wide peaceful protests in opposition to the military’s actions...

Since Burma initiated a series of political and economic reforms in 2011, U.S. agricultural exports have grown over 80-fold, reaching a record $174 million in 2019 and $167 million in 2020.

In January 2021, Burma’s rice exports are forecast to decrease overall due to high domestic prices and since the Chinese government has not yet issued 2021 import permits for head rice.

This report provides information on the regulations and procedures for the importation of food and agricultural products from the United States to Singapore.

This report discusses food and agricultural export product certificates currently required by the Singapore Government.

South Asia, which includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, accounts for 24 percent of the world’s population, with 1.84 billion people in 2019.

Burma (also called Myanmar) is one of the last untapped markets with one of the fastest growing economies in Asia.

This report lists the major certificates required by the Burmese government agencies for U.S agricultural products exported to Burma.

Burma is in the process of updating many of its laws and regulations that affect the importation of agricultural products.