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Colombia [RUCOM exporter (C.I.) or authorised exploiter exporting its own production] → Singapore (refine) → Switzerland (refine) · Bank onboarding, title transfer and settlement

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المسار مرحلة بمرحلة

كل خطوة وضريبة وضابط كما يسجلها البحث، مع أساسها القانوني ومدى وثوق البحث بها.

كولومبيا (Doré bar - unstamped → Doré bar - stamped/exporter-sealed) ⟶ سنغافورة (Doré bar - stamped/exporter-sealed → 999.9 kilobar) ⟶ سويسرا (999.9 kilobar → LBMA Good Delivery 400oz bar)

غير مدروس: كولومبيا → سنغافورة, سنغافورة → سويسرا

المرحلة 1: كولومبيا

حيث تبدأ البضاعة

Doré bar - unstamped → Doré bar - stamped/exporter-sealed

  1. 1

    Melt aggregated dust or doré into bars at a RUCOM plant/smelter (plants may only beneficiate minerals of authorised exploiters); weigh and assay; when the plant sells, it issues a certificado de origen de planta de beneficio listing the exploiters whose mineral it processed

    من
    Beneficiation plant / smelter (planta de beneficio, casa fundidora)
    يتطلب
    PTM record of the first-sale transaction
    يُصدر
    Bar list / weight and assay of melted bars; Certificado de origen planta de beneficio (ANM format)
    الشكل
    Gold dust / nuggets → Smelted button/bar
    ممارسة السوق

    Melting/assay is industry practice. The PTM "cierre por transformación" applies where the mineral becomes an industrial derivative closing the chain (ANM guide, Dec 2025), so melting into bars for sale is not recorded as a transformation [inferred]; r1 said it was.

    • Ley 2250 de 2022 art 13; Decreto 1073 de 2015 art 2.2.5.6.1.1.4

  2. 2

    Sell bars to the C.I./exporter with an electronic invoice and the chain of certificados de origen / declaraciones de producción; register the sale in the PTM

    من
    Authorised mineral trader (comercializador de minerales autorizado, RUCOM)
    يتطلب
    Certificado de origen del explotador minero autorizado; Declaración de producción del minero de subsistencia (certificado de declaración de producción); RUCOM registration / listing
    يُصدر
    Electronic sales invoice from titleholder/trader; PTM record of a domestic trade or transformation
    نص القانون
    • Decreto 1073 de 2015 arts 2.2.5.6.1.1.4 par 5, 2.2.5.6.4.3-2.2.5.6.4.5; Resolución ANM 759 de 2024

  3. 3

    As C.I. buyer, withhold 2.5% income tax on the full payment (1% before 1 Jun 2025), issue the withholding certificate and the Certificado al Proveedor for gold bought for export

    من
    Exporter: Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional (C.I.) or other RUCOM exporter
    يتطلب
    Electronic sales invoice from titleholder/trader
    يُصدر
    Certificado de retención en la fuente; Certificado al Proveedor (CP) issued by a C.I. company
    نص القانون
    • Decreto 1625 de 2016, art 1.2.4.6.9 (as modified by Decreto 572 de 2025)

  4. 4

    Report all domestic gold purchases and sales to UIAF every four months, within the first 10 calendar days after the cut-off (or an absence report)

    من
    Exporter: Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional (C.I.) or other RUCOM exporter
    يُصدر
    UIAF reports of gold buy/sell and import/export operations (Anexos 2 and 3)
    نص القانون
    • Resolución UIAF 363 de 2008, arts 4-5

  5. 5

    Agree a sale contract with the foreign refiner/buyer (price by reference to the London gold price, provisional on assay)

    من
    Exporter: Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional (C.I.) or other RUCOM exporter
    يُصدر
    Sale contract with the foreign refiner/buyer
    ممارسة السوق

    No Colombian rule on pricing; general bullion practice.

  6. 6

    Prepare the export lot: bar list with weights and fineness; for scrap (chatarra), obtain a certification from an authorised certification/inspection body

    من
    Exporter: Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional (C.I.) or other RUCOM exporter
    يتطلب
    Electronic sales invoice from titleholder/trader
    يُصدر
    Bar list / weight and assay of melted bars; Certification by an authorised certification/inspection body that material is scrap (chatarra); Exporter's electronic invoice to foreign buyer
    الشكل
    Smelted button/bar → Doré bar - stamped/exporter-sealed
    إرشاد رسمي
  7. 7

    Confirm royalties on the lot are paid (royalty receipts / certificados de origen of suppliers) or pay them online to the ANM account; gold, silver and platinum without transformation need royalty proof before export

    من
    Exporter: Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional (C.I.) or other RUCOM exporter
    يتطلب
    Certificado de origen del explotador minero autorizado; Declaración de producción del minero de subsistencia (certificado de declaración de producción)
    يُصدر
    Royalty payment receipt (comprobante de pago de regalías)
    نص القانون

    Decreto 600/4479 quoted by ANM; text not held.

    • Ley 2056 de 2020 art 186; Decreto 600 de 1996 art 20 (mod. Decreto 4479 de 2009), Ley 2056 art 186

  8. 8

    File the export request to ANM through VUCE with the Excel "Reporte de información en la exportación" (SC-F-002: VUCE number, invoice data, HS subheading, each supplier's CO/declaración number and quantity, royalty liquidation and payments), certificados de origen / declaraciones de producción, traceability support of the commercial chain, sales invoice and royalty receipts; ANM decides within 3 business days in order of arrival (a return gives 3 days to cure, else rejection); the visto bueno is valid 3 months

    من
    Exporter: Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional (C.I.) or other RUCOM exporter
    يتطلب
    Certificado de origen del explotador minero autorizado; Royalty payment receipt (comprobante de pago de regalías); Exporter's electronic invoice to foreign buyer; RUCOM registration / listing
    يُصدر
    Formulario de reporte de exportación (ANM Excel form); ANM export approval (royalty and lawful-origin validation)
    إرشاد رسمي

    [inferred] The export form version of 29 Aug 2025 still asks for the VUCE filing number; no ANM text read says the PTM replaced VUCE after May 2026.

    • Ley 2056 de 2020 art 186; Decreto 4149 de 2004 (VUCE)

  9. 9

    Close the chain in the PTM with a "cierre por venta final" marked as export (destination country and city, final buyer, codes and quantities copied from the balances e-mail, value); ANM validates the export report format against PTM data

    من
    Exporter: Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional (C.I.) or other RUCOM exporter
    يتطلب
    ANM export approval (royalty and lawful-origin validation)
    يُصدر
    PTM record of the export transaction and closure
    نص القانون
    • Resolución ANM 759 de 2024, arts 5, 10

  10. 10

    File the solicitud de autorización de embarque (SAE) at the DIAN Dirección Seccional where the gold is located, describing the goods so that the royalty value can be established, with RUCOM registration and, for C.I. exporters, the Certificados al Proveedor; request physical inspection in the secondary zone before the SAE is accepted

    من
    Exporter: Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional (C.I.) or other RUCOM exporter
    يتطلب
    ANM export approval (royalty and lawful-origin validation); Exporter's electronic invoice to foreign buyer; Bar list / weight and assay of melted bars; Certificado al Proveedor (CP) issued by a C.I. company
    يُصدر
    Solicitud de autorización de embarque (DIAN)
    نص القانون
    • Decreto 1165 de 2019 arts 347, 348, 350, 352; Resolución DIAN 46 de 2019 arts 367 (mod. Res. 39/2021 art 132), 374, 375

  11. 11

    Inspect physically in the secondary zone (exporter premises with calibrated measuring equipment, or an authorised valuables-transport company) at the latest the next business day; record net and fine weight and quality in the acta de inspección; seal the packages

    من
    DIAN (customs and tax)
    يتطلب
    Solicitud de autorización de embarque (DIAN)
    يُصدر
    DIAN physical inspection / weighing record
    نص القانون
    • Resolución DIAN 46 de 2019 arts 367, 389, 390

  12. 12

    Embark through the same customs jurisdiction; the carrier transmits the manifest (within 24 h) and certifies embarkation; the declarant then presents the declaración de exportación definitiva electronically

    من
    Exporter: Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional (C.I.) or other RUCOM exporter
    يتطلب
    Solicitud de autorización de embarque (DIAN); DIAN physical inspection / weighing record
    يُصدر
    Export declaration accepted by DIAN
    نص القانون
    • Decreto 1165 de 2019 arts 362, 363; Resolución DIAN 46 de 2019 arts 367 num 5, 398, 400

  13. 13

    Carry the gold by air to the foreign refiner under an air waybill

    من
    Air carrier / secure logistics provider
    يتطلب
    Solicitud de autorización de embarque (DIAN); DIAN physical inspection / weighing record
    يُصدر
    Air waybill
    ممارسة السوق
  14. 14

    Self-withhold 1.0% income tax on gross export proceeds of mineral products (not due where the exporter is a C.I. that already withheld at purchase)

    من
    Exporter: Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional (C.I.) or other RUCOM exporter
    يتطلب
    Export declaration accepted by DIAN
    يُصدر
    Certificado de retención en la fuente
    نص القانون
    • Decreto 1625 de 2016 as modified by Decreto 242 de 2024, art 1.2.4.10.12 and par. 1

الضرائب والرسوم

  • Autorretención especial a título de renta, CIIU 0722 (extracción de oro y otros metales preciosos)

    4.50% Income of gold extractors

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Decreto 1625 de 2016 as modified by Decreto 572 de 2025, art 1.2.6.8

  • Autorretención especial a título de renta, CIIU 0722 (previous rate)

    2.40% Income of gold extractors

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Decreto 1625 de 2016 as modified by Decreto 242 de 2024, art 1.2.6.8

  • Retención/autorretención on exports of other mineral products (incl. gold)

    1.0% of gross export proceeds Gold exports, except gold exported by C.I. companies that already withheld on purchases under art 1.2.4.6.9

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Decreto 1625 de 2016 as modified by Decreto 242 de 2024, art 1.2.4.10.12, par. 1

  • Contribución parafiscal de la esmeralda (1%) - not applicable to gold

    1% of the foreign-currency value to be repatriated Exports of esmeraldas sin engastar only - not gold, not jewellery

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Ley 488 de 1998, art 101

  • Regalía sobre oro (royalty)

    4% (oro y plata); 6% (oro de aluvión en contratos de concesión); platino 5% - state-owned minerals. Private-subsoil (RPP) mines: see co.tax-royalty-rpp-2019 All gold extracted in Colombia (royalty accrues at extraction, at mine mouth: Ley 2056 art 18); proof of payment before any export (Ley 2056 art 186). Imported gold re-exported does not need the royalty visto bueno (ANM FAQ).

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Ley 141 de 1994 art 16 as modified by Ley 756 de 2002 art 16; Ley 685 de 2001 arts 227-228; Ley 2056 de 2020 arts 18, 186, Ley 141 art 16 and parágrafo 9

      “El valor de gramo oro, plata y platino en boca de mina para liquidar las regalías, será del ochenta por ciento (80%) del precio internacional promedio del último mes, publicado por la bolsa de metales de Londres en su versión Pasado Meridiano”

  • Royalty on precious metals from private-subsoil (RPP) mines (2006 rule)

    0.4% Gold, silver and platinum from reconocimientos de propiedad privada

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Decreto 1631 de 2006; Ley 685 de 2001 art 227 inc 2, Decreto 1631 arts 1, 4

  • Royalty on precious metals from private-subsoil (RPP) mines

    Oro y plata veta 0.4%; oro y plata aluvión 2.0%; platino 1.0% Gold, silver and platinum from reconocimientos de propiedad privada

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Ley 1955 de 2019, art 330

  • Retención en la fuente (income tax) on gold purchases by C.I. companies

    2.5% of the total payment Domestic purchases of gold by sociedades de comercialización internacional

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Decreto 1625 de 2016 as modified by Decreto 572 de 2025, art 1.2.4.6.9

  • Retención en la fuente on gold purchases by C.I. companies (previous rate)

    1% Domestic purchases of gold by C.I. companies

    إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Decreto 1625 de 2016, art 1.2.4.6.9 (before Decreto 572 de 2025)

  • Retención en la fuente on gold purchases by buyers other than C.I. (otros ingresos tributarios)

    2.5% (declarant seller) / 3.5% (non-declarant) Gold purchases by traders, free-zone industrial users (DIAN oficio 907838) and other buyers that are not C.I. companies

    إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Estatuto Tributario arts 368, 401; Decreto 1625 de 2016, ET art 401 (3.5% non-declarants); DUR 1625 art 1.2.4.9.1 (as cited by DIAN)

الضوابط

  • Exploration or exploitation without title, and the benefit, trade or acquisition of minerals from untitled areas (except barequeo), are crimes by reference to the Penal Code; alcaldes provisionally seize minerals transported or traded without invoice or mine constancia (Ley 685 art 161); police fine…

    نص القانون
    • Ley 685 de 2001 arts 159-161; Ley 1450 de 2011 art 106; Ley 1801 de 2016 art 105

  • Anyone buying, selling, exporting or importing gold must have operational, administrative, financial and technical capacity (MinMinas criteria), obtain supplier information for ANM, and (exporters) prove beneficiation at a RUCOM-published plant; they must apply supply-chain due diligence under MinMi…

    نص القانون
    • Ley 2250 de 2022 art 17; Resolución ANM 759 de 2024 art 9

  • DIAN special export procedure for chapter 71 goods: SAE at the seccional where the goods are; physical inspection in the secondary zone requested before SAE acceptance (exporter premises with calibrated scales or an authorised valuables-transport company); weight and fineness recorded and packages s…

    نص القانون
    • Resolución DIAN 46 de 2019 arts 367 (mod. Res. 39/2021), 374; Decreto 1165 de 2019 arts 348, 352, 396

  • Proceeds of goods exports must be channelled through the FX market (IMC or registered compensation account) within six months of receipt; net repatriation allowed for export costs paid directly; the channelling data (declaración de cambio) are transmitted by the intermediary; sanctions per law. Ope…

    نص القانون
    • Resolución Externa 1 de 2018 (Banco de la República), arts 41, 74, 78, 88, 91, 93, 94

  • Mercury use in mining had to be eradicated within a maximum of five years of Ley 1658 (15 Jul 2013), i.e. by July 2018 [inferred arithmetic]; no new gold beneficiation plants using mercury; no amalgam burning in residential, commercial, institutional or recreational zones.

    نص القانون
    • Ley 1658 de 2013, arts 3, 9

  • Any export of minerals requires prior accreditation before DIAN of royalty payment (Ley 2056 art 186). ANM issues the visto bueno via VUCE after checking royalty payment and lawful origin (3 business days; valid 3 months). Scrap/disused gold (no royalty) needs a certification by an accredited inspec…

    نص القانون
    • Ley 2056 de 2020 art 186; Decreto 600 de 1996 art 20 (as modified by Decreto 4479 de 2009 art 1)

  • Only persons certified in RUCOM (traders, beneficiation plants) or published as authorised exploiters may buy, sell, process or export minerals; buyers must check the seller listing (from 1 Jan 2012: seizure and fine for buying from unlisted sellers). Certification renewed each May. Exempt from insc…

    نص القانون
    • Ley 1450 de 2011 art 112; Ley 2250 de 2022 art 18; Decreto 1073 de 2015 arts 2.2.5.6.1.1.4, 2.2.5.6.1.1.5, 2.2.5.6.1.2.2, 2.2.5.6.1.4.1

  • Subsistence miners may produce at most 35 g of gold as monthly average and 420 g per year; buyers must verify caps and listing; ANM removes miners exceeding caps from RUCOM and informs DIAN; ANM rejects export approvals supported by subsistence volumes above the annual maximum; the PTM rejects purch…

    35 g monthly average; 420 g annual maximum per miner

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Resolución MinMinas 40103 de 2017 art 1; Ley 1955 de 2019 art 327; Decreto 1073 de 2015 arts 2.2.5.6.1.1.6 par 2, 2.2.5.6.1.2.2 lit k, 2.2.5.6.4.7; Resolución ANM 759 de 2024 art 11

  • Every commercial transaction in minerals must be registered in the Plataforma de Trazabilidad de Minerales - PTM (Res. ANM 759 art. 5; Decreto 2234 de 2023, DUR art. 2.2.5.6.4.5): origin code, transaction code, seller identity, origin document, due-diligence checks, and the Documento de Registro enc…

    نص القانون
    • Decreto 2234 de 2023 (Decreto 1073 de 2015, arts 2.2.5.6.4.1 to 2.2.5.6.4.8); Resolución ANM 759 de 2024 arts 5, 9, 11, 26, 27 (arts 26 and 27 as replaced by the ANM resolution of 29 December 2025); Ley 2250 de 2022 art. 15

      “Parte 2 del Libro 2 del Decreto 1073 de 2015 - Decreto Único Reglamentario del Sector Administrativo de Minas y Energía”

  • Gold exporters and importers (habitual or sporadic, listed tariff lines incl. 7108), casas fundidoras de oro and C.I. companies trading gold report to UIAF: ROS immediately (art 2); absence of ROS within the first 10 calendar days of each month (art 3); all gold purchase/sale operations whatever the…

    نص القانون
    • Resolución UIAF 363 de 2008

المرحلة 2: سنغافورة

في الطريق

Doré bar - stamped/exporter-sealed → 999.9 kilobar

  1. 15

    Screen the foreign supplier and its owners against MHA terrorist-designation lists, MAS targeted financial sanctions lists and UN lists (myPal); apply enhanced checks if the supplier is in a FATF call-for-action or increased-monitoring jurisdiction; record in the supplier file

    من
    Registered bullion dealer / trader (PSPM registered dealer)
    يتطلب
    Certificate of registration as a regulated dealer (PSPM Act); ML/TF/PF enterprise risk assessment and IPPC (internal policies, procedures and controls)
    يُصدر
    Supplier KYC file (incl. sanctions screening); Sanctions/terrorist-designation screening record (MHA lists, MAS TFS lists, myPal)
    إرشاد رسمي

    [inferred] PSPM CDD is triggered by designated transactions and prescribed circumstances (cash/cash equivalent, or gold/DPT payment, above S$20,000), which bank-paid wholesale imports usually are not; supplier screening rests on the entity-level risk assessment (reg 14) and the targeted-financial-sanctions duty (reg 16), and the Guidelines' supplier red flags.

    • PMLTFPF Regulations 2019 regs 14, 16; ACD Guidelines v5.1

  2. 16

    Ship bars by secure air freight to Changi with commercial invoice, packing list and bar list naming the producing refiner

    من
    Foreign supplier (refiner, bank or trader abroad)
    يتطلب
    Export customs declaration accepted by the dispatching country's customs; Refiner's certificate for the bars it produced (serials, fineness, weights, year)
    يُصدر
    Inbound air waybill; Foreign supplier's commercial invoice; Packing list; Bar list from the foreign supplier (serials, weights, fineness, refiner)
    إرشاد رسمي
  3. 17

    File a TradeNet In-Non-Payment (GST Relief) permit: declaration type GTR, place of receipt IGPM, HS 7108.13.00 (bars/wafers) or 7108.12.10 (ingots), CA/SC product code BAR/INGOT/WAFER, purity in CA/SC code 1, and the producing refiner's name as supplier

    من
    Declaring agent (TradeNet)
    يتطلب
    Foreign supplier's commercial invoice; Packing list; Inbound air waybill; Commercial invoice; Packing list; Air waybill
    يُصدر
    TradeNet In-Non-Payment (GST Relief) permit for IPM (declaration type GTR, place of receipt IGPM)
    إرشاد رسمي
    • GST Act 1993; RIER, s.8(4), s.22(1A); RIER reg 3(1), (2A)

  4. 18

    Clear the consignment at Changi against the approved permit; no customs duty (gold is not a dutiable good) and no import GST for qualifying IPM

    من
    Singapore Customs
    يتطلب
    TradeNet In-Non-Payment (GST Relief) permit for IPM (declaration type GTR, place of receipt IGPM)
    إرشاد رسمي
  5. 19

    Receive the bars, check serials, weights and hallmarks against the bar list, and book them to the depositor's allocated account

    من
    Vault operator / precious-metals custodian (incl. in the Changi FTZ Freeport)
    يتطلب
    Bar list from the foreign supplier (serials, weights, fineness, refiner); TradeNet In-Non-Payment (GST Relief) permit for IPM (declaration type GTR, place of receipt IGPM)
    يُصدر
    Inbound weight and serial check; Vault deposit receipt and allocated weight list
    ممارسة السوق
  6. 20

    Keep the import permit, purchase order, invoice and delivery note to support the exempt import; exempt IPM imports are not reported in the GST return

    من
    Registered bullion dealer / trader (PSPM registered dealer)
    يتطلب
    TradeNet In-Non-Payment (GST Relief) permit for IPM (declaration type GTR, place of receipt IGPM); Foreign supplier's commercial invoice
    إرشاد رسمي
    • IRAS IPM e-Tax Guide (20th ed.) para 8.2; Customs: keep trade documents 5 years

  7. 21

    Weigh in the lots and record gross weight per lot against the supplier's packing list

    من
    Refinery in Singapore (LBMA Good Delivery listed; ARCS Approved Refiner)
    يتطلب
    Refining Agreement (fee schedule, assay/settlement formula)
    يُصدر
    Refinery weigh-in record
    ممارسة السوق
  8. 22

    Melt, sample and assay; issue the outturn statement with fine gold content

    من
    Refinery in Singapore (LBMA Good Delivery listed; ARCS Approved Refiner)
    يتطلب
    Refinery weigh-in record
    يُصدر
    Refiner outturn statement (weigh-in, assay, fine gold credited)
    الشكل
    Doré bar - stamped/exporter-sealed → Smelted button/bar
    ممارسة السوق
  9. 23

    Refine to 999.9 and cast kilobars/small bars (or 995+ 400oz bars), stamp with the refiner's hallmark, serial, fineness and weight

    من
    Refinery in Singapore (LBMA Good Delivery listed; ARCS Approved Refiner)
    يتطلب
    Refiner outturn statement (weigh-in, assay, fine gold credited)
    يُصدر
    Singapore refiner's bar list / product certificate (serial, fine weight, fineness, hallmark)
    الشكل
    Smelted button/bar → 999.9 kilobar
    ممارسة السوق
  10. 24

    Settle with the supplier: credit fine gold to its metal account or buy the gold (first sale of newly refined IPM is exempt); issue debit/credit note between provisional and final assay; charge refining fee (9% GST if supplied locally, zero-rated if to an overseas customer)

    من
    Refinery in Singapore (LBMA Good Delivery listed; ARCS Approved Refiner)
    يتطلب
    Refiner outturn statement (weigh-in, assay, fine gold credited); Refining Agreement (fee schedule, assay/settlement formula)
    يُصدر
    Allocated or unallocated metal account statement; Debit/credit note (provisional vs final assay reconciliation); Invoice for an exempt supply of IPM
    إرشاد رسمي
    • GST Act 1993 Fourth Schedule Part 1 para 1A; GST (General) Regulations reg 46A; IRAS ARCS e-Tax Guide paras 4.7, 4.21

  11. 25

    Account for ARCS goods: track material from import through refining to customer; report imports under the scheme (Box 9), exempt IPM sales (Box 3) and zero-rated exports (Box 2) in the GST return

    من
    Refinery in Singapore (LBMA Good Delivery listed; ARCS Approved Refiner)
    يتطلب
    IRAS ARCS approval letter (Approved Refiner / Approved Consolidator)
    يُصدر
    GST return (GST F5) reporting IPM exempt supplies, zero-rated exports and imports under ARCS (Box 9)
    إرشاد رسمي
    • IRAS ARCS e-Tax Guide paras 5.3, 8.2-8.11, App. 1

  12. 26

    Open a custody account after KYC of the depositor; agree allocated (serial-numbered) or pooled storage, insurance and audit rights

    من
    Vault operator / precious-metals custodian (incl. in the Changi FTZ Freeport)
    يُصدر
    Vault deposit receipt and allocated weight list
    ممارسة السوق
  13. 27

    Hold bars in the allocated register and issue periodic weight-list statements

    من
    Vault operator / precious-metals custodian (incl. in the Changi FTZ Freeport)
    يتطلب
    Vault deposit receipt and allocated weight list
    يُصدر
    Allocated or unallocated metal account statement
    ممارسة السوق
  14. 28

    Store non-IPM gold (or goods not entered for home use) in a free trade zone or a licensed zero-GST warehouse with GST suspended until the goods enter customs territory for local use; storing gold as a "listed good" in a zero-GST warehouse needs Customs' written approval and beneficial-owner records

    من
    Vault operator / precious-metals custodian (incl. in the Changi FTZ Freeport)
    نص القانون

    [summary] the listed-goods approval and beneficial-owner records are Customs ZGS scheme conditions (official guidance), not statute.

    • Free Trade Zones Act 1966 ss.2, 5; GST Act 1993 s.37(1); GST (General) Regulations 1993 reg 94; Singapore Customs FTZ and Zero-GST Warehouse guidance

  15. 29

    Hold foreign central banks' and sovereign entities' gold under the MAS central bank gold vaulting service; MAS also extends gold accounts to selected Singapore bullion banks to manage those holdings

    من
    Monetary Authority of Singapore (central bank gold custody service)
    إرشاد رسمي

    [unconfirmed] launch not confirmed as of 28 Sep 2026; terms of the service not published in the texts held.

  16. 30

    Release bars on the account holder's instruction against a delivery order to a carrier or another vault account

    من
    Vault operator / precious-metals custodian (incl. in the Changi FTZ Freeport)
    يتطلب
    Allocated or unallocated metal account statement
    يُصدر
    Outbound bar list
    ممارسة السوق
  17. 31

    Screen the buyer and destination: UNSC sanctions (gold may not be traded with the DPRK), FATF call-for-action jurisdictions, and designated persons

    من
    Registered bullion dealer / trader (PSPM registered dealer)
    يتطلب
    ML/TF/PF enterprise risk assessment and IPPC (internal policies, procedures and controls)
    يُصدر
    Sanctions/terrorist-designation screening record (MHA lists, MAS TFS lists, myPal)
    نص القانون
    • RIER regs 5A, 6(2)(c) and Seventh Schedule; PMLTFPF Regulations regs 7, 16

  18. 32

    Apply for a UNSC-sanctions permit at least 3 working days before shipment

    من
    Declaring agent (TradeNet)
    يُصدر
    TradeNet permit for goods to/from a UNSC-sanctioned country
    إرشاد رسمي

    [unconfirmed] the 3-working-day lead time is Customs guidance, not in the RIER text.

    • RIER, regs 5A, 6(1)(b)

  19. 33

    Obtain the TradeNet export permit before the cargo is lodged with the air cargo handler

    من
    Declaring agent (TradeNet)
    يتطلب
    Singapore seller's export commercial invoice; Outbound bar list
    يُصدر
    TradeNet export (Out) permit
    نص القانون
    • RIER, reg 3(1)(b), (3)

  20. 34

    Where the buyer or the importing country asks for it, obtain an ordinary (non-preferential) certificate of origin from Singapore Customs or an authorised chamber, or issue one on the exporter's own account; the origin stated is the country where the bars were produced (refined), not Singapore, unless they were substantially transformed in Singapore

    من
    Registered bullion dealer / trader (PSPM registered dealer)
    يتطلب
    Singapore seller's export commercial invoice; Outbound bar list
    يُصدر
    Ordinary (non-preferential) certificate of origin
    نص القانون

    [inferred] that refined bars re-exported from Singapore carry the origin of the refining country follows from Circular 06/2025 (wholly obtained or substantially transformed); no gold-specific ruling was found.

    • Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations Part III, regs 23, 24, 24A; Fifth Schedule

  21. 35

    Invoice the foreign buyer as a zero-rated export and keep the export permit and shipping documents as evidence

    من
    Registered bullion dealer / trader (PSPM registered dealer)
    يُصدر
    Singapore seller's export commercial invoice
    نص القانون
    • GST Act 1993 s.21(1)-(2); IRAS IPM e-Tax Guide para 5.2

  22. 36

    Collect the bars from the vault, lodge them at Changi and fly them out under the AWB

    من
    Secure logistics carrier
    يتطلب
    TradeNet export (Out) permit
    يُصدر
    Outbound air waybill
    إرشاد رسمي

الضرائب والرسوم

  • Customs duty on gold

    None All gold (HS 7108 etc.); only liquor, tobacco, motor vehicles and petroleum products are dutiable

    إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد
  • Import GST suspension under ARCS

    Suspended Materials imported by Approved Refiners/Consolidators for refining into IPM; supplies between ARCS persons (except refining services)

    نص القانون
    • GST (General) Regulations, reg 46A(8), (12)

  • GST on exports of gold

    0% (zero-rated) Export of IPM and non-IPM gold with export documentation

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • GST Act 1993, s.21(1)-(2)

  • Import GST - IPM exemption

    Exempt Gold bars, ingots, wafers of 99.5%+ from current/former LBMA GD refiners (or ESG-endorsed), with hallmark; prescribed coins; not decorative/collector bars

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • GST Act 1993, s.8(4), s.22(1A); Fourth Schedule Part 2 paras 1(a), 1A; Part 3 para 2

  • GST on non-IPM gold

    9% Import and supply of doré, scrap, jewellery, non-qualifying bars (e.g. from non-LBMA refiners, decorative)

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • GST Act 1993, s.16(cb)

  • GST on non-IPM gold (2023 rate)

    8% Import and supply of doré, scrap, jewellery, non-qualifying bars

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • GST Act 1993, s.16(ca)

  • GST on refining services

    9% local; zero-rated to overseas customers Refining/toll-refining fees

    إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد
  • GST on local supply of IPM

    Exempt Sale of qualifying IPM in Singapore

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • GST Act 1993, s.22(1); Fourth Schedule Part 1 para 1A

  • Regulated dealer registration fees

    S$120 application fee (not on renewal since 10 Apr 2021); S$250 (Class A) or S$350 (Class B) per year per place of business

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • PMLTFPF Regulations 2019, regs 17-18

الضوابط

  • Cash transaction report on Form NP 784 to a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer for every designated transaction, not later than 15 business days after the date the transaction is entered into; a copy goes to the Registrar at the time of submission or immediately after (e-filing through SONAR f…

    Cash or cash equivalent exceeding S$20,000 (payments in gold other than jewellery, or in digital payment tokens, are prescribed circumstances for CDD, not designated transactions, and need no CTR)

    نص القانون
    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.17(1)

      “A regulated dealer who enters into any designated transaction must submit to a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer, within the prescribed time, a cash transaction report relating to that transaction in the prescribed form and manner.”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.17(1A)

      “A regulated dealer must not, without reasonable excuse, submit a cash transaction report under subsection (1) that is incomplete or inaccurate.”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.17(2)

      “A regulated dealer must keep a copy of each cash transaction report submitted under subsection (1) for the prescribed period.”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.17(3)

      “A regulated dealer must, at the time of submitting a cash transaction report under subsection (1) or immediately thereafter, submit a copy of the cash transaction report to the Registrar.”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.17(4)

      “A regulated dealer who fails to comply with subsection (1), (1A), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.15 "designated transaction" (a)

      “a sale of any precious stone, precious metal, precious product or asset-backed token by a regulated dealer to a customer, for which cash or a cash equivalent exceeding the threshold amount is received as payment;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.15 "threshold amount"

      “"threshold amount" means $20,000 or its equivalent in value, or an amount prescribed in substitution.”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PMLTFPF Regulations reg 4A(1)(a): gold payment is a prescribed circumstance for CDD (s.16(1)(d)), not a designated transaction

      “for which gold (except in the form of jewellery) the value of which exceeds the threshold amount is received as payment;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 4A(1)(c)

      “for which digital payment tokens the value of which exceeds the threshold amount are received as payment;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PMLTFPF Regulations reg 12(1)(a)

      “the prescribed form for a cash transaction report is Form NP 784 as set out at the website at https://www.police.gov.sg; and”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 12(1)(b)

      “the prescribed time for the submission of a cash transaction report is not later than 15 business days after the date on which the designated transaction is entered into.”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 12(2)

      “For the purposes of section 17(2) of the Act, the period for which a copy of a cash transaction report must be kept is 5 years after the date of submission of the cash transaction report.”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), STRO Cash Transaction Reporting page

      “When you e-file through SONAR, your CTR will automatically be forwarded to ACD on your behalf.”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), ACD Compliance Toolkit, footnote 6 (conflicting definition)

      “The dealer sells or barters a precious stone, precious metal, precious product or asset-backed token and receives payment in cash or cash equivalent or gold (except in the form of jewellery) or digital payment tokens, where the value exceeds S$20,000 in total value.”

  • Enhanced CDD (senior-management approval, income, source of wealth and funds, enhanced monitoring) where the customer, principal or beneficial owner is a PEP or family/associate, resides in or originates from a FATF call-for-action jurisdiction (DPRK, Iran countermeasures; Myanmar enhanced due dilig…

    نص القانون
    • PMLTFPF Regulations 2019, reg 7(2)(a)(ii), (3), (4)

  • IPM imports need an In-Non-Payment (GST relief) permit: air freight above S$400 CIF (non-controlled air imports up to S$400 need no permit, RIER reg 3(2A)), all sea and land freight, all commercial hand-carry, and personal hand-carry above 0.5 kg; parcel post needs no permit (reg 3(2)(b)).

    S$400 CIF (air); 0.5 kg (personal hand-carry)

    إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations, reg 3(1), (2)(b), (2A)

  • Code of Practice issued by the Registrar of Regulated Dealers under the PSPM Act codes-of-practice power (issued 2 April 2026): dealers apply the A.C.T. framework (Add immediate intervention, Check the customer's behaviour against anti-scam information, Tell the customer to call the ScamShield Helpl…

    S$20,000

    إرشاد رسمي
    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP para 1.1

      “This Code of Practice ("CoP") is issued by the Registrar of Regulated Dealers under section 35(1) of the Precious Stones and Precious Metals (Prevention of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Financing) Act 2019 ("PSPM Act").”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP para 5.1

      “PSMDs should apply the A.C.T. framework at paragraph 5.2 when encountering customers making purchases under the following circumstances, regardless of payment mode:”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP para 5.1(a)

      “Single transaction of more than S$20,000; or”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP para 5.1(b)

      “Multiple transactions below S$20,000 that collectively exceed S$20,000, whether conducted on the same day or over a few days.”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP Annex B-2 item 7 (A.C.T.)

      “A - Add immediate intervention by asking the customer for reasons behind the purchase.”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP para 5.2 (C)

      “Check for the customer's”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP para 5.2 (T): call the ScamShield Helpline

      “Tell the customer that”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP para 5.3(a)

      “Conduct enhanced customer due diligence in accordance with the Precious Stones and Precious Metals (Prevention of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Financing) Regulations 2019;”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP para 5.3(e)

      “Escalate the matter to the supervisor or senior management and document the customer's behaviour and the basis for proceeding with the transaction;”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP para 5.3(f)

      “Call the police at 999 if the customer chooses to proceed with the purchase despite repeated warnings that red flags are present; and”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP para 5.3(g)

      “File a Suspicious Transaction Report ("STR").”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), CoP para 5.4

      “For online sales, in-person collection should be required for purchases above S$20,000.”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), ACD News: issuance of the CoP

      “2 April 2026 ## Issuance of Code of Practice on AML Measures for PSMDs to Combat Scam Related Money Laundering Cases”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), PSPM Act s.35(5)

      “Any code of practice, guideline or standard of performance has no legislative effect.”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), PSPM Act s.35(6)

      “Any failure by a regulated dealer to comply with any code of practice, guideline or standard of performance applicable to the regulated dealer does not of itself render the regulated dealer liable to criminal proceedings, but the failure may, in any proceedings (criminal or otherwise), be relied on by any party to those proceedings as tending to establish or negate any liability which is in question in those proceedings.”

    • PSPM Act, codes of practice power (section in refs), PSPM Act s.35(1)

      “The Registrar may issue, approve, amend or revoke one or more codes of practice, guidelines or standards of performance for all or any of the following purposes:”

  • STR to a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer as soon as reasonably practicable on knowledge or reasonable grounds to suspect (CDSA), or the TSOFA disclosure where it applies, with a copy to the Registrar at the time of disclosure or immediately after (PSPM Act); records of every designated tran…

    نص القانون
    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), CDSA s.45(1) (parsed into section a1-s-42 of this record)

      “Where a person knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect that any property -”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), CDSA s.45(1)

      “the person must disclose the knowledge or suspicion or the information or other matter on which that knowledge or suspicion is based to a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer as soon as is reasonably practicable after it comes to the person's attention.”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.21(1)

      “A regulated dealer must, if circumstances exist that require the regulated dealer to do so, make a disclosure under whichever of the following is applicable:”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.21(2)

      “A regulated dealer must, at the time of disclosing a matter under subsection (1) or immediately thereafter, submit a copy of the information so disclosed to the Registrar.”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.18(1)(a)

      “a record of every designated transaction (whether or not completed) and every other transaction for which the customer due diligence measures mentioned in section 16 must be performed, containing the prescribed information on that transaction;”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.18(1)(b)

      “a record of all information relating to a customer which is obtained through the customer due diligence measures performed under section 16;”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.18(1)(c)

      “a copy of each supporting document relied on in support of any information referred to in paragraph (b);”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.19(1)

      “A regulated dealer must, in relation to the regulated dealer's business of regulated dealing or business as an intermediary for regulated dealing, implement adequate programmes and measures to prevent money laundering, terrorism financing and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PMLTFPF Regulations reg 13(1)

      “For the purposes of section 18(1) or (1A) of the Act, the period for which the documents and information in that section must be kept is 5 years after whichever of the following dates is applicable:”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 13(3)(f)

      “a record of the following information for each period of 6 months beginning on 1 January or 1 July of any year:”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 13(5)

      “the prescribed manner of making any record kept under paragraph (3)(f) available to the Registrar is by submitting the record to the Registrar through the electronic system of the Ministry of Law at https://acd.mlaw.gov.sg.”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 14(1)(b)(i)

      “document the risk assessments;”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 14(1)(c)

      “develop and implement internal policies, procedures and controls, which must be approved by its senior management, to manage and effectively mitigate the risks of money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing identified by it or notified to it by the Registrar, including -”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 14(1)(c)(i)

      “making appropriate compliance management arrangements, including the appointment of a compliance officer; and”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 14(1)(c)(ii)

      “applying adequate screening procedures when hiring employees;”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 14(1)(e)

      “have an ongoing programme to train employees on the internal policies, procedures and controls in sub-paragraph (c); and”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 14(2)

      “A regulated dealer that carries out one or more designated transactions must, in addition to the matters mentioned in paragraph (1), have an independent audit function to test the internal policies, procedures and controls in paragraph (1)(c).”

    • CDSA; PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), Guidelines v5.1 para 12.2.1

      “is required to submit an STR to STRO as soon as reasonably practicable upon the establishment of suspicion (i.e. no longer than 5 business days).”

  • Before dealing, dealers must assess whether the customer, principal or beneficial owner is a terrorist or terrorist entity (TSOFA), a designated person under UN Act regulations, or a Registrar-notified person; if suspected they must decline or terminate the transaction, report to the police and copy…

    نص القانون
    • PMLTFPF Regulations 2019 reg 16; TSOFA s.8

  • CDD before any designated transaction (sale for cash or cash equivalent above S$20,000, single or same-day aggregate; purchase by a secondhand-goods dealer from a non-dealer for cash above S$20,000; token redemptions for cash above S$20,000), on suspicion of ML/TF/PF, or on doubts about earlier CDD;…

    S$20,000

    نص القانون
    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.16(1)(a)

      “before entering into a designated transaction;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), s.16(1)(b)

      “where the regulated dealer has reason to suspect money laundering, terrorism financing or the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), s.16(1)(c)

      “where the regulated dealer has reason to doubt the veracity or adequacy of information obtained from earlier customer due diligence measures;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), s.16(1)(d)

      “under circumstances prescribed for the purposes of this section.”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), s.16(5)(a)

      “decline to enter into any transaction with the customer;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), s.16(5)(b)

      “terminate any transaction entered into with the customer;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), s.16(5)(c)

      “determine whether to make a disclosure under section 45 of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 or section 8 or 10 of the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act 2002;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.15 "designated transaction" (a)

      “a sale of any precious stone, precious metal, precious product or asset-backed token by a regulated dealer to a customer, for which cash or a cash equivalent exceeding the threshold amount is received as payment;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), s.15 (b)

      “2 or more sales of any precious stone, precious metal, precious product or asset-backed token in a single day by a regulated dealer to the same customer, or to customers whom the regulated dealer knows act on behalf of the same person, for which cash or a cash equivalent in total exceeding the threshold amount is received as payment;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), s.15 (c)

      “a purchase of any precious stone, precious metal or precious product from a customer (who is not a regulated dealer) by a regulated dealer (who is a secondhand goods dealer), for which cash or a cash equivalent exceeding the threshold amount is received as payment;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), s.15 "threshold amount"

      “"threshold amount" means $20,000 or its equivalent in value, or an amount prescribed in substitution.”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), PMLTFPF Regulations reg 4(1)(a)

      “a redemption of an asset-backed token from a customer (who is not a regulated dealer) by a regulated dealer, for cash or a cash equivalent exceeding the threshold amount;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 4(1)(c)

      “2 or more redemptions of any asset-backed token in a single day by a regulated dealer from the same customer”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 4A(1)

      “For the purpose of section 16(1)(d) of the Act, each of the following circumstances are circumstances in which a regulated dealer must perform the prescribed customer due diligence measures in regulations 5 and 6”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 4A(1)(a)

      “for which gold (except in the form of jewellery) the value of which exceeds the threshold amount is received as payment;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 4A(1)(c)

      “for which digital payment tokens the value of which exceeds the threshold amount are received as payment;”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 5(1)

      “the customer due diligence measures to be performed by a regulated dealer before entering into any designated transaction with a customer who is an individual are all of the following:”

    • PSPM Act; PMLTFPF Regulations (sections in refs), reg 6(1)

      “the customer due diligence measures to be performed by a regulated dealer before entering into any designated transaction with a customer who is an entity or a legal arrangement are all of the following:”

  • Anyone moving physical currency or bearer negotiable instruments above the prescribed amount (S$20,000, CMR Regulations reg 2A) into or out of Singapore must report it: travellers on Form NP 727 within 72 hours before immigration clearance; senders and commercial carriers of cash by post or courier …

    S$20,000

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • CDSA 1992 Part 6A; CDSA (Cross Border Movements of Physical Currency and Bearer Negotiable Instruments) Regulations 2007, CDSA ss.59-62; regs 2A, 3, 4, 4A, 5

  • Anyone carrying on a business of manufacturing, importing or possessing for sale, selling or offering for sale, or buying for resale any precious metal (gold, silver, platinum group metals, and alloys with at least 2% in weight of them, in manufactured or unmanufactured state), precious stone or pre…

    No value floor for bullion; unregistered dealing: fine up to S$75,000 or imprisonment up to 3 years or both, plus up to S$7,500 for every day of a continuing offence

    نص القانون
    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.6(1)

      “A person must not act as or hold out to be a regulated dealer unless the person is a registered dealer.”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), PSPM Act s.6(2)

      “A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $75,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $7,500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), s.2 "regulated dealing" (a)

      “manufacturing any precious stone, precious metal or precious product;”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), (b)

      “importing or possessing for sale any precious stone, precious metal or precious product;”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), (c)

      “selling or offering for sale any precious stone, precious metal or precious product;”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), (d)

      “selling or redeeming asset-backed tokens;”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), (e)

      “purchasing any precious stone, precious metal or precious product for the purposes of resale;”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), s.2 "regulated dealer" (b)

      “business as an intermediary for regulated dealing, but excludes a pawnbroker and any other person as may be prescribed;”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), s.2 "precious metal"

      “"precious metal" means any precious metal specified in Part 1 of the Schedule in a manufactured or unmanufactured state;”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), the Schedule Part 1 item 9 (items 1-8: gold, silver, platinum, iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium)

      “An alloy with at least 2% in weight of any substance mentioned in items 1 to 8”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), ACD Regulatory Regime page

      “"Precious metals" include gold, silver, platinum, iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, and alloys with at least 2% in weight of any of the metals stated above.”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), Exempt Persons Order para 3

      “Every financial institution that carries on a business of regulated dealing, or business as an intermediary for regulated dealing, in Singapore is exempt from -”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), Order para 4(1)

      “A foreign dealer carrying on a business of regulated dealing, or business as an intermediary for regulated dealing, in Singapore on a transitory basis, is exempt from -”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), Order para 4(2)

      “A foreign dealer carries on business in Singapore on a transitory basis if the foreign dealer carries on business in Singapore for not more than a total of 90 days in a year.”

    • PSPM Act (definitions, registration duty, the Schedule); Exempt Persons Order (sections in refs), PSPM Act Legislative History item 1

      “Commencement : 10 April 2019”

  • Gold may not be imported, transhipped or brought in transit from the DPRK (Seventh Schedule, prohibited imports item (9)), nor exported, transhipped or brought in transit to the DPRK (luxury items, prohibited exports item (5)(k) "gold, silver and platinum"); any goods for trade with a person in the …

    نص القانون
    • Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations, regs 5A, 6(1)(b), 6(2)(c); Seventh Schedule item 2 (DPRK)

  • GST-exempt status depends on the bar: gold of at least 99.5% purity in bar, ingot or wafer form, refined by a refiner who is or was on the LBMA Good Delivery list (or an Enterprise Singapore-endorsed intending refiner — none endorsed on 28 Sep 2026), bearing a mark internationally accepted as guar…

    نص القانون
    • GST Act 1993, Fourth Schedule, Part 2 paras 1(a), 1A; Part 3 para 2

  • No Singapore statute requires importers, dealers or refiners to verify mine origin or apply OECD/CAHRA due diligence: the PSPM Act and Regulations impose customer (not supplier-origin) due diligence, the GST investment-precious-metal exemption turns on form, purity, a refiner on the LBMA Good Delive…

    نص القانون
    • PSPM Act s.2 "customer"

      “"customer" means a person with whom a regulated dealer enters into or intends to enter into a transaction;”

    • PSPM Act s.16(1): CDD is on the customer

      “a regulated dealer must perform the prescribed customer due diligence measures in any of the following circumstances:”

    • PMLTFPF Regulations reg 5(1)

      “the customer due diligence measures to be performed by a regulated dealer before entering into any designated transaction with a customer who is an individual are all of the following:”

    • reg 6(1)

      “the customer due diligence measures to be performed by a regulated dealer before entering into any designated transaction with a customer who is an entity or a legal arrangement are all of the following:”

    • GST Act Fourth Schedule Part 2 para 1(a)(i) (parsed into section sch-3 of this record)

      “is in the form of a bar, an ingot or a wafer;”

    • para 1(a)(ii)

      “is of a purity of at least 99.5%; and”

    • Fourth Schedule Part 2 para 2(a)(i)

      “in the case of gold or silver, a refiner who is or was in the "Good Delivery" list of the London Bullion Market Association;”

    • para 2(b)

      “it bears a mark or characteristic that is internationally accepted as guaranteeing its quality.”

    • Singapore Customs IPM page, permit field "Supplier name"

      “Name of refiner who produced the bar/wafer/ingot”

    • Guidelines v5.1 Annex D, red flag indicators

      “Supplier/ introducer is evasive when being asked about the source of its gold supply.”

  • Singapore's Russia measures ban the export, transhipment and transit to Russia of military goods and of dual-use goods in Categories 3 (electronics), 4 (computers) and 5 (telecommunications and information security) of the Strategic Goods (Control) Order 2021 as in force on 16 Mar 2022 (RIER reg 6(2…

    نص القانون
    • Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations, reg 6(2B); Eighth Schedule

  • Goods to or from UNSC-sanctioned countries need a TradeNet permit applied for at least 3 working days before shipment. Iran lists cover nuclear, arms and S/2015/546 items, not gold.

    إرشاد رسمي
    • Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations, regs 5A, 6(1)(b), 6(2)(c)

  • Zero-GST warehouse licensees may store "listed goods" (incl. HS 7108 gold, silver, platinum and precious stones) only with Singapore Customs' written approval, at least a Type II licence, and records of the persons controlling and beneficially owning the goods, screened and kept up to date (since 1 …

    إرشاد رسمي

المرحلة 3: سويسرا

حيث تصل البضاعة

999.9 kilobar → LBMA Good Delivery 400oz bar

  1. 37

    Onboard Dubai supplier: KYC pack, chain-of-custody statement, mine-of-origin/scrap declaration, DMCC/UAEGD audit reports

    من
    Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)
    يتطلب
    Air waybill
    يُصدر
    Refiner file on the Dubai supplier: identity, commercial-register extract, proof of lawful acquisition (export permit/declaration, mining licence where applicable), SECO embargo check, origin clarification (kept for the period the EMKV sets: zehn Jahren); KYC questionnaire for mined material, naming each ASM supplier in the chain (team/cooperative, aggregators, local exporter); Independent assurance report on the Dubai refiner's responsible sourcing practices, as an Intermediate Refiner (RGG v9 s.2.3 enhanced due diligence for high-risk recycled gold); Site visit at the mine of origin before transacting (or within 6 months) - enhanced due diligence
    نص القانون

    [inferred] Asking for DMCC/UAEGD audit reports and a chain-of-custody statement is the model's application to a Dubai supplier; the LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance and the BAZG melter due-diligence directive do not name them. The EMKV duties are read in the official fedlex consolidation held on the server. In the EMKV record on the server these articles are parsed into the section labelled Anhang (section id in the refs), not into their own sections; the quotes are from that section.

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168a Abs. 1 (parsed into section sch-2)

      “Der Inhaber einer Schmelzbewilligung darf Schmelzgut nur von Per-”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168a Abs. 1 (lawful acquisition) (parsed into section sch-2)

      “die sich über deren rechtmässigen Erwerb aus- weisen können.”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168a Abs. 2 (identity) (parsed into section sch-2)

      “Es muss die Identität des Kunden anhand eines beweiskräftigen Do- kumentes wie Pass oder Identitätskarte überprüfen.”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168a Abs. 3 (origin clarification) (parsed into section sch-2)

      “Bestehen über die Herkunft der Ware Zweifel oder stammen die An- gebote von Unbekannten, so ist der Inhaber der Schmelzbewilligung verpflichtet, die Herkunft des Schmelzgutes besonders sorgfältig abzu- klären.”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168b Abs. 3 (retention) (parsed into section sch-2)

      “Schmelzprodukten müssen während zehn Jahren aufbewahrt werden.”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKG Art. 31a Abs. 1

      “Wer gewerbsmässig Schmelzgut im Sinne von Artikel 1 Absatz 3”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKG Art. 31a Abs. 6

      “Die Absätze 1-5 gelten nicht für Inhaber einer Schmelzbewilligung nach Artikel 24.”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), BAZG Richtlinie R-247 (1 Jan 2023) annex matrix Teil 1 (KYC)

      “Identifikation des Kunden gemäss Art. 168a Abs. 2 EMKV für natürliche Personen, für juristische Personen mittels Han-”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), BAZG Richtlinie R-247 (1 Jan 2023) Ziff. 3.3.2

      “Bestehen Zweifel über die Herkunft des Materials oder in Bezug auf die Integrität des Kunden sind Bewilligungsinhaber verpflichtet, den Sachverhalt besonders sorgfältig abzuklären”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), RGG v9 Step 2.1 (origin of mined gold)

      “Mined Gold: The location of the mine (LSM and ASM).”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), RGG v9 Step 2.2 (transit red flag)

      “Is claimed to originate from a country through which gold from CAHRAs is known, or reasonably suspected, to transit”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), RGG v9 Step 1.2 (records)

      “Records are required to be maintained for at least five years, or the minimum timeframe stipulated by local regulatory requirements”

    • PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), BAZG Schmelzen und Prüfen (Dec 2023) Ziff. 4.1.6 (restates Art. 168b Abs. 3)

      “Die Dokumente über den Geschäftsverkehr mit Schmelzgut und Schmelzprodukten müssen während zehn Jahren aufbewahrt werden.”

  2. 38

    File the Swiss electronic customs import declaration (formal declaration; simplified or oral declarations excluded for melt material imported for sale), tariff heading 7108.1200 (statistical key 911 for mining gold), with actual origin if known; import VAT-exempt for investment gold (cast bars of at least 995 thousandths fineness bearing the fineness and the stamp of a recognised assayer-melter) and for gold in raw form or semi-finished for refining; unmarked doré may only be imported by a trade assayer (BAZG practice)

    من
    Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)
    يتطلب
    Air waybill
    يُصدر
    Electronic customs import declaration (commercial import; simplified and oral declarations excluded for melt material)
    نص القانون

    The Federal Council report (citing the customs administration) says actual origin must be declared if known, but for large imports, e.g. from the United Kingdom or the UAE, the dispatch country is sometimes entered; [inferred] Dubai-refined Nigerian gold can therefore appear as UAE origin. [unconfirmed] That no certificate of origin is required is not stated in the sources read. No written precious-metals control record found for a passed border check. The rule that unmarked doré may only be imported by a trade assayer is BAZG practice (BAZG letter on unmarked melt products; BAZG directive on applying the EMKG); it is not in the EMKG import article. The EMKV (precious metals control ordinance) is not held on the server, so its provisions on recognised fineness marks and banking precious metals are not relied on here. Corrected earlier: the declaration was described as "Passar"; the BAZG melt-material sheet names e-dec web. [time-limited] When the BAZG-VG enters into force (date not set), the EMKG import-check paragraphs are repealed and replaced by a new BAZG control article (BAZG-VG annex amending the EMKG).

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), MWSTG (SR 641.20, Stand 1 Jan 2025) Art. 23 Abs. 2 Ziff. 12: gold supplies exempt

      “die Umsätze, die mit Gold und Legierungen von Gold der folgenden Form erzielt werden:”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Art. 23 Abs. 2 Ziff. 12 Bst. b: investment gold, cast bars

      “Gold zu Anlagezwecken mit einem Mindestfeingehalt von 995 Tausendsteln, in Form von:”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Art. 23 Abs. 2 Ziff. 12 Bst. b, first indent

      “gegossenen Barren, versehen mit der Angabe des Feingehalts und dem Stempelzeichen eines anerkannten Prüfer-Schmelzers oder”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Art. 23 Abs. 2 Ziff. 12 Bst. d: raw or semi-finished gold for refining

      “Gold in Rohform oder in Form von Halbzeug, das zur Raffination oder Rückgewinnung bestimmt ist”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), MWSTG Art. 53 Abs. 1 Bst. m: import of gold exempt

      “Gold und Legierungen von Gold nach Artikel 23 Absatz 2 Ziffer 12.”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), AS 2024 438 (amendment of 16 June 2023, in force 1 Jan 2025): inserts Art. 53 Abs. 1 Bst. m

      “Gold und Legierungen von Gold nach Artikel 23 Absatz 2 Ziffer 12.”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), MWSTV Art. 44 (former gold provision) repealed

      “Aufgehoben durch Ziff. I der V vom 21. Aug. 2024, mit Wirkung seit 1. Jan. 2025”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), EMKG (SR 941.31) Art. 20 Abs. 3: import checks

      “Die diesem Gesetz unterstellten Waren können bei der Einfuhr einer umfassenden oder stichprobenweisen Kontrolle unterworfen werden.”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG statistics page: tariff heading 7108.1200

      “Data relating to gold in raw form (e.g. bars) are recorded under customs tariff heading 7108.1200”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG statistics page: statistical key 911 (from 1 Jan 2021)

      “mining gold *(key: 911)*”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Federal Council report 14 Nov 2018, s.3.7

      “dass der tatsächliche Ursprung der Waren gemeldet werden muss, sofern er bekannt ist”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Federal Council report s.3.7

      “Bei umfangreichen Einfuhren, zum Beispiel aus Grossbritannien oder den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten, wird in der Zollerklärung gelegentlich das Versendungsland angegeben.”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG R-247 (1 Jan 2023) s.3.4.2: unmarked melt products only imported by trade assayers

      “Daher sind ausschliesslich Handelsprüfer berechtigt, nicht gekennzeichnete”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), R-247 s.3.4.2 (doré bars as example)

      “(bspw. Doré-Barren aus dem Bergbau)”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG Merkblatt "Annahme von Schmelzgut aus dem Ausland" (Jan 2024): simplified declarations excluded

      “Vereinfachte Zollanmeldeverfahren wie Quickzoll oder gar eine mündliche Zollanmeldung sind daher grundsätzlich ausgeschlossen.”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Merkblatt: e-dec web

      “dies selbst mittels e-dec web vornehmen”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Merkblatt: prior customs procedure

      “Annahme von Schmelzgut aus dem Ausland sichergestellt wird, dass dieses vorgängig”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Merkblatt: fine per case (under the EMKG)

      “mit bis zu CHF 2 000 pro Fall gebüsst werden”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Merkblatt: licence withdrawal

      “In schweren Fällen kann die entsprechende Bewilligung”

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG letter of 4 Dec 2019 on import of unmarked melt products (only footnotes are sectioned; cited law-only)

    • VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG-VG of 20 June 2025, Anhang 2 Ziff. 53 (EMKG Art. 20 Abs. 3-5 repealed, new Art. 22a); annex not sectioned, cited law-only

  3. 39

    Weigh-in, seal-check, drill/dip-sample, fire-assay (ASTM E1335/ISO 11426) the incoming 995 bar

    من
    Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)
    يتطلب
    Refining/re-refining agreement, Swiss refiner; Refiner file on the Dubai supplier: identity, commercial-register extract, proof of lawful acquisition (export permit/declaration, mining licence where applicable), SECO embargo check, origin clarification (kept for the period the EMKV sets: zehn Jahren)
    يُصدر
    Refiner outturn/assay report (Switzerland); Purchase book: customer, ID proof, acceptance date, description and marking, weight on acceptance, weight after melting, completion
    معيار

    [unconfirmed] Weigh-in, seal check and ISO 11426 are not in the sources read; ASTM E1335-24 covers fire assay of bullion, and Valcambi describes fire assay of drillings from samples taken from the melt of the received material.

    • Fire assay standard practice

  4. 40

    Pay the Dubai counterparty for the imported bar once the Swiss refiner's own assay confirms fine content

    من
    Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)
    يتطلب
    Refiner outturn/assay report (Switzerland)
    يُصدر
    Final invoice from the Dubai seller (against Swiss outturn assay); Settlement wire, Swiss refiner -> Dubai counterparty
    مصدر ثانوي
    • Refining/sale contract; SWIFT MT103

  5. 41

    Wohlwill electrolytic re-refine to 999.9, or cast directly to LBMA Good Delivery 400oz spec (995 min) if already qualifying

    من
    Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)
    يتطلب
    Refiner outturn/assay report (Switzerland)
    الشكل
    Pre-refined 995 bar (e.g. 'Dubai 995') → LBMA Good Delivery 400oz bar
    معيار

    [unconfirmed] Wohlwill electrolytic refining to 999.9 is industry practice not described in the Good Delivery Rules, which set only the bar specification (350-430 fine troy ounces, minimum fineness 995.0).

    • LBMA Good Delivery Rules (bar spec, marking)

  6. 42

    Stamp each bar with the melting-licence holder's stamp (Stempelzeichen); bars for resale are assayed by a control office or sworn trade assayer and marked with fineness and the assayer's mark; for LBMA Good Delivery bars also serial number, fineness to four figures and year

    من
    Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)
    يُصدر
    Bar list (serials, weights, fineness)
    نص القانون

    Serial number and year are LBMA requirements, not Swiss law. The earlier wording "registered responsibility mark" was wrong for bars (that mark, EMKG Art. 9, applies to finished wares). EMKV marking articles (Arts. 169, 173) were read only as restated by the BAZG (Vorschriften Dec 2023, held); the EMKV text is not yet held.

    • PMCA (EMKG, SR 941.31); BAZG R-247; LBMA Good Delivery Rules, EMKG Art. 31(1); R-247 s.3.4.1; LBMA GD Rules s.2.1.7

  7. 43

    File annual LBMA RGG independent assurance report; and (if volume threshold met) CO 964j-l conflict-minerals public report

    من
    Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)
    يُصدر
    LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance annual assurance report; CO 964j-l conflict-minerals due-diligence public report
    معيار

    [time-limited] RGG v9 applies until RGG v10 takes effect: implementation 1 Jan-31 Dec 2027, first v10 audits for the reporting year ending 31 Dec 2027 (consultation closed 10 Jul 2026).

    • LBMA RGG v9; CO Art. 964j-964l

  8. 44

    Optionally store under customs control in a free port (e.g. Geneva La Praille / Aéroport, Embrach - Embraport, Zürich-Flughafen - Cargologic): stored goods are not subject to import customs duties or trade-policy measures and may be stored indefinitely

    من
    Bonded warehouse / freeport operator (Geneva/Embrach)
    يُصدر
    Electronic customs declaration on entry of sensitive goods into the free port (content: the inventory-record particulars listed in the Customs Ordinance, letters a to f, plus the depositor's name and address); Electronic inventory record of sensitive goods: previous customs document, entry date, owner, origin country, description, value, marks, gross/net mass, origin proof, location, exit date, etc. (17 fields)
    نص القانون

    The BAZG free-port list held is the old list in the library (its record dates it to the start of the year it was issued; no newer list found); operators may have changed. [time-limited] The BAZG-VG (adopted, not yet in force) treats free ports as a kind of customs warehouse and will replace these articles when in force. [inferred] Suspension of import VAT is read from the BAZG free-port directive ("auf das Erheben der Abgaben ... verzichtet"); the ZG names only import customs duties and trade-policy measures. Supplies of goods stored in a free port are VAT-exempt under the MWSTG (read). The ZG and ZV are now read in their official fedlex consolidations held on the server.

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG (SR 631.0, Stand 1 Sep 2023) Art. 62 Abs. 1

      “Zollfreilager sind Teile des Zollgebiets oder in diesem gelegene Räumlichkeiten:”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG Art. 62 Abs. 3

      “Die eingelagerten Waren unterliegen weder den Einfuhrzollabgaben noch handels- politischen Massnahmen.”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG Art. 64 Abs. 1

      “Wer ein Zollfreilager betreibt, braucht eine Bewilligung des BAZG.”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG Art. 65 Abs. 1

      “Waren, die in einem Zollfreilager gelagert werden sollen, sind der zuständigen Zoll- stelle zur Einlagerung anzumelden und in das Zollfreilager zu verbringen.”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG Art. 65 Abs. 2

      “In Zollfreilagern dürfen Waren beliebig lange gelagert werden.”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG Art. 66 Abs. 1

      “Die Lagerhalterin oder der Lagerhalter muss über alle eingelagerten sensiblen Wa- ren Bestandesaufzeichnungen führen.”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZV (SR 631.01, Stand 1 Oct 2024) Art. 178a Abs. 1

      “Die anmeldepflichtige Person muss sensible Waren bei der Einlagerung ins Zollfrei- lager elektronisch anmelden.”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZV Art. 182 Abs. 2

      “Sie oder er muss zudem für sensible Waren eine Bestandesaufzeichnung führen.”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZV Art. 184 Abs. 2

      “Sie muss elektronisch geführt werden.”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZV Anhang 2 Ziff. 5 (sensitive goods; the section id carries footnote 193 glued to the label)

      “Perlen, Diamanten, Edelsteine, Schmucksteine, Edelmetalle und Edel- metallplattierungen sowie Waren daraus (ex Zolltarifkapitel 71)”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), BAZG Richtlinie R-10-50 Ziff. 1.1 (levies not raised)

      “Dabei wird auf das Erheben der Abgaben, auf deren Sicherstellung und auf die Anwendung handelspolitischer Massnahmen”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), MWSTG Art. 23 Abs. 2 Ziff. 3bis

      “die Lieferung von Gegenständen, die wegen Einlagerung in einem Zollfreilager (Art. 62-66 ZG) nachweislich im Inland unter Zollüberwachung standen und diesen Zollstatus nicht rückwirkend verloren haben”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), Embrach

      “Zürcher Freilager AG, GVZ Embraport”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), Genève La Praille and Genève Aéroport

      “Ports Francs et Entrepôts de Genève SA”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), BAZG-VG (20 June 2025, not in force) Art. 64

      “Zolllager sind vom BAZG zugelassene Orte im Zollgebiet”

    • Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), BAZG-VG Art. 65 Abs. 2

      “Als Zolllager können bewilligt werden:”

  9. 45

    Identify contracting party and beneficial owner; assess source of wealth/funds for the specific bullion; sanctions/PEP screening

    من
    Swiss bank (bullion buyer)
    يُصدر
    Bank KYC file (CDB 20): name, date of birth, nationality, domicile and ID for natural persons; company name, registered office and proof for entities; Form A - declaration of the beneficial owner of the assets; Form K - controlling persons with 25%+ of an operating entity (CDB 20 Art. 20-21)
    معيار

    Downgraded 2026-09-28 from primary-law: the provisions cited are CDB 20 (a self-regulatory agreement of the SBA, held and read for Arts. 4, 7, 20-21, 27-28); the AMLA itself was not read for this step. The SBA says the revised CDB will not be available until 1 Jan 2027 at the earliest. [unconfirmed] Source-of-wealth assessment and sanctions/PEP screening were not found in the CDB 20 text read. [time-limited] The GwG consolidation of 1 Oct 2026 amends the AMLA widely; effects not assessed.

    • AMLA; SBA Agreement on due diligence (CDB 20), CDB 20 Art. 4 (identification; precious-metals trading and cash transactions over CHF 15,000 are separate cases), Art. 7 (data recorded), Art. 20-21 (controlling persons 25%+, Form K), Art. 27-28 (beneficial owner, Form A)

  10. 46

    Seller presents bar list, refiner's assay certificate, chain-of-custody documentation, commercial invoice, proof of title

    من
    Swiss bank (bullion buyer)
    يتطلب
    Bar list (serials, weights, fineness); Refiner outturn/assay report (Switzerland); Bank KYC file (CDB 20): name, date of birth, nationality, domicile and ID for natural persons; company name, registered office and proof for entities
    يُصدر
    Commercial invoice from the seller to the bank (VAT law requires one only if the buyer asks for it: MWSTG Art. 26(1); contents Art. 26(2); the sale of investment gold is VAT-exempt: Art. 23(2) Ziff. 12)
    مصدر ثانوي

    A bar not from an LBMA Good-Delivery-listed refiner generally cannot be sold to a major bank without re-refining - this is market practice, not itself a statute Commercial invoice and delivery receipt are practice (no primary source); "proof of title" for allocated bars is the weight list plus the custody contract - no statutory title document found.

  11. 47

    Verify bars against the bank's accepted-refiner list / Good Delivery List; settle loco Zurich or loco London, allocated or unallocated

    من
    Swiss bank (bullion buyer)
    يتطلب
    Bar list (serials, weights, fineness)
    يُصدر
    Settlement confirmation / custody account entry; Allocated account weight list (specific bars = ownership) or unallocated account statement (contractual claim only)
    مصدر ثانوي
  12. 48

    Record the transaction and the clarifications made; retain the records for at least ten years after the end of the business relationship or completion of the transaction

    من
    Swiss bank (bullion buyer)
    يتطلب
    Settlement confirmation / custody account entry
    نص القانون

    The official fedlex consolidation of the GwG is now held on the server and the article was read there; this replaces the earlier reading on droit-bilingue.ch and fedlex by WebFetch. The ten-year retention is written in words in the law (zehn Jahren), so it is kept in words here and not as an amount: the verifier reads number words in English only.

    • Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA/GwG) (articles in refs), GwG Art. 7 Abs. 1 (records of transactions and clarifications)

      “Der Finanzintermediär muss über die getätigten Transaktionen und über die nach diesem Gesetz erforderlichen Abklärungen Belege so erstellen, dass fachkundige Dritte sich ein zuverlässiges Urteil über die Transaktionen und Geschäftsbeziehungen sowie über die Einhaltung der Bestimmungen dieses Gesetzes bilden können.”

    • Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA/GwG) (articles in refs), Art. 7 Abs. 3 (kept at least ten years)

      “Nach Beendigung der Geschäftsbeziehung oder nach Abschluss der Transaktion be- wahrt er die Belege mindestens während zehn Jahren auf.”

    • Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA/GwG) (articles in refs), Art. 2 Abs. 2 Bst. a (banks are financial intermediaries)

      “Finanzintermediäre sind: a.10 die Banken nach Artikel 1a des Bankengesetzes”

الضرائب والرسوم

  • Customs duty on gold

    0% HS 7108

    إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد
  • Import VAT on gold

    Exempt Gold and gold alloys under MWSTG Art. 23(2) Ziff. 12: (a) state-minted gold coins of tariff nos. 7118.9010, 9705.3100, 9705.3900; (b) investment gold of at least 995 fineness as cast bars bearing the fineness and the stamp of a recognised assayer-melter, or stamped plates; (c) granules of at least 995 packed and sealed by a recognised assayer-melter; (d) gold in raw form or semi-finished for refining or recovery, and gold waste and scrap; (e) alloys under (d) with 2% or more gold

    نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • VAT Act (MWSTG, SR 641.20), Art. 53(1)(m) (import) with Art. 23(2) Ziff. 12

الضوابط

  • Banks identify the contracting party and beneficial owner for precious-metals trading and for cash transactions over CHF 15,000 (CDB 20; Form A, Form K).

    CHF 15,000 cash

    معيارالمبلغ غير مؤكد
    • CDB 20 (SBA), CDB Art. 4(2)(f)-(g), 7, 20-21, 27-28

  • Melt material imported from abroad for sale in Switzerland needs a formal import declaration; simplified and oral declarations are excluded in principle. A buyer or licensee who accepts melt material that has not been through customs breaches due diligence under the PMCA: fine up to CHF 2,000 per ca…

    إرشاد رسمي
    • BAZG Merkblatt 'Annahme von Schmelzgut aus dem Ausland' (Jan 2024)

  • Commercial production of melt products (bars, plates, rods, granules made by melting precious metal or melt material) requires a melt licence; acting without it is punishable by a fine (EMKG Art. 48). Every melt product must bear the licence holder's stamp; melt products for resale must be assayed b…

    نص القانون
    • EMKG/PMCA (SR 941.31), Arts. 1(2), 24, 31(1), 32-33, 47, 48

  • Holders of a melter licence may accept melt material only from persons who can prove lawful acquisition, and must verify the customer's identity by a probative document such as a passport or identity card. Where origin is doubtful or the offer comes from unknown persons, origin must be clarified wit…

    نص القانون
    • PMCO/EMKV (articles in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168a Abs. 1 (parsed into section sch-2)

      “Der Inhaber einer Schmelzbewilligung darf Schmelzgut nur von Per-”

    • PMCO/EMKV (articles in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168a Abs. 2 (parsed into section sch-2)

      “Es muss die Identität des Kunden anhand eines beweiskräftigen Do- kumentes wie Pass oder Identitätskarte überprüfen.”

    • PMCO/EMKV (articles in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168a Abs. 3 (parsed into section sch-2)

      “Bestehen über die Herkunft der Ware Zweifel oder stammen die An- gebote von Unbekannten, so ist der Inhaber der Schmelzbewilligung verpflichtet, die Herkunft des Schmelzgutes besonders sorgfältig abzu- klären.”

    • PMCO/EMKV (articles in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168b Abs. 1 (parsed into section sch-2)

      “derlichen organisatorischen Massnahmen, um das Schmelzen von Schmelzgut unrechtmässiger Herkunft zu verhindern.”

    • PMCO/EMKV (articles in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168b Abs. 2 (parsed into section sch-2)

      “so ist die Ware durch den Inhaber der Schmelzbewilligung bis zur Klärung des Falles in unverändertem Zu- stand aufzubewahren.”

    • PMCO/EMKV (articles in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168b Abs. 3 (parsed into section sch-2)

      “Schmelzprodukten müssen während zehn Jahren aufbewahrt werden.”

    • PMCO/EMKV (articles in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168c Abs. 1 (parsed into section sch-2)

      “Der Inhaber einer Schmelzbewilligung muss über seine Ankäufe von Schmelzgut und Schmelzprodukten Buch führen.”

    • PMCO/EMKV (articles in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168c Abs. 2 Bst. b (parsed into section sch-2)

      “die in Artikel 168a Absatz 2 vorgeschriebenen Identifikations- nachweise;”

    • PMCO/EMKV (articles in refs), BAZG Schmelzen und Prüfen (Dec 2023) Ziff. 4.1.6 (restates Art. 168a)

      “Er muss die Identität des Kunden anhand eines beweiskräftigen Dokumentes wie Pass oder Identitätskarte überprüfen und muss sich vor Ausführung des Auftrages den rechtmässigen Erwerb des Schmelzgutes durch den Auftraggeber nachweisen lassen.”

    • PMCO/EMKV (articles in refs), BAZG Schmelzen und Prüfen (Dec 2023) Ziff. 4.1.6 (restates Art. 168b Abs. 3)

      “Die Dokumente über den Geschäftsverkehr mit Schmelzgut und Schmelzprodukten müssen während zehn Jahren aufbewahrt werden.”

    • PMCO/EMKV (articles in refs), BAZG Richtlinie R-247 (1 Jan 2023) Ziff. 3.3.2

      “Bestehen Zweifel über die Herkunft des Materials oder in Bezug auf die Integrität des Kunden sind Bewilligungsinhaber verpflichtet, den Sachverhalt besonders sorgfältig abzuklären”

  • Purchase, import, transit and transport of gold (Annex 26) originating in Russia and exported from Russia after 4 Aug 2022, and of gold processed from it in third countries, are prohibited, as are related services (all kinds, including financial services, brokerage and technical assistance) and the …

    نص القانون
    • Ordinance of 4 March 2022 on measures in connection with the situation in Ukraine (SR 946.231.176.72), Art. 14d

  • Precious metals are 'sensitive goods' in free ports (Customs Ordinance Annex 2, as amended on 18 November 2015): the declarant must declare them electronically on entry into storage, and an electronic inventory record of them is kept per depositor and submitted by the warehouse keeper to customs on …

    نص القانون
    • Customs Ordinance (ZV) as amended on 18 November 2015 (articles in refs), AS 2015 4917, ZV Anhang 2 (sensitive goods) as amended

      “Anhang 2 wird wie folgt geändert:”

    • Customs Ordinance (ZV) as amended on 18 November 2015 (articles in refs), ZV Anhang 2 Ziff. 5: precious metals ex tariff chapter 71

      “Perlen, Diamanten, Edelsteine, Schmucksteine, Edelmetalle und Edel- metallplattierungen sowie Waren daraus (ex Zolltarifkapitel 71)”

    • Customs Ordinance (ZV) as amended on 18 November 2015 (articles in refs), AS 2015 4917 Ziff. IV: in force

      “Diese Verordnung tritt am 1. Januar 2016 in Kraft.”

    • Customs Ordinance (ZV) as amended on 18 November 2015 (articles in refs), ZV Art. 178a Abs. 1: electronic declaration on entry into the free port

      “Die anmeldepflichtige Person muss sensible Waren bei der Einlagerung ins Zoll- freilager elektronisch anmelden.”

    • Customs Ordinance (ZV) as amended on 18 November 2015 (articles in refs), ZV Art. 185: inventory record per depositor

      “Die Bestandesaufzeichnung für sensible Waren ist je Einlagererin oder je Einlagerer zu führen.”

    • Customs Ordinance (ZV) as amended on 18 November 2015 (articles in refs), ZV Art. 184 Abs. 2: kept electronically

      “Sie muss elektronisch geführt werden.”

    • Customs Ordinance (ZV) as amended on 18 November 2015 (articles in refs), ZV Art. 184 Abs. 3bis: warehouse keeper submits it on request

      “Auf Verlangen muss die Lagerhalterin oder der Lagerhalter der EZV die”

    • Customs Ordinance (ZV) as amended on 18 November 2015 (articles in refs), AS 2015 4917, ZV Art. 246a: amendment date

      “Übergangsbestimmungen zur Änderung vom 18. November 2015”

    • Customs Ordinance (ZV) as amended on 18 November 2015 (articles in refs), BAZG R-10-50 (1 Jul 2025) s.1.3.1: export goods count as sensitive goods

      “Ausfuhrwaren gelten als sensible Waren”

    • Customs Ordinance (ZV) as amended on 18 November 2015 (articles in refs), R-10-50 s.4.1: inventory records over all sensitive goods

      “Bestandesaufzeichnungen nach den Grundsätzen der ordnungsgemässen Buchführung”

  • Cash threshold for dealers in goods (anti-money laundering)

    نص القانون
    • GwG Art. 8a(1)

      “Händlerinnen und Händler nach Artikel 2 Absatz 1 Buchstabe b müssen folgende”

    • GwG Art. 8a(1)(a)

      “Identifizierung der Vertragspartei (Art. 3 Abs. 1);”

  • Cash threshold for dealers in gold (anti-money laundering)

    نص القانون
    • GwG Art. 8a(1)

      “Händlerinnen und Händler nach Artikel 2 Absatz 1 Buchstabe b müssen folgende”

    • GwG Art. 8a(1)(a)

      “Identifizierung der Vertragspartei (Art. 3 Abs. 1);”

    • GwG Art. 8a(2bis)

      “oder Edelsteinen beträgt die massgebende Schwelle im Sinne von Ab-”

    • EMKG Art. 1(1)

      “Edelmetalle im Sinne dieses Gesetzes sind Gold, Silber, Platin und Palladium.”

المرحلة 4: كولومبيا

العودة إلى بلد المنشأ: عائدات التصدير

  1. 49

    Pay the exporter against final assay by SWIFT transfer to a Colombian FX market intermediary

    من
    Foreign refiner or bullion buyer
    يُصدر
    Payment from foreign buyer
    ممارسة السوق
  2. 50

    Channel the export proceeds through the FX market within six months of receipt (FX intermediary or registered compensation account), transmitting the declaración de cambio data; net repatriation allowed for export costs paid directly abroad

    من
    Foreign-exchange market intermediary (bank)
    يُصدر
    Foreign-exchange channelling record (declaración de cambio / numeral cambiario)
    نص القانون
    • Resolución Externa 1 de 2018 (Banco de la República), arts 41, 74, 78, 88

العبور بين الدول

  • كولومبيا → سنغافورة غير مدروس

    المستندات العابرة: Bar list / weight and assay of melted bars; Certification by an authorised certification/inspection body that material is scrap (chatarra); Exporter's electronic invoice to foreign buyer; Formulario de reporte de exportación (ANM Excel form); ANM export approval (royalty and lawful-origin validation); Solicitud de autorización de embarque (DIAN); DIAN physical inspection / weighing record; Export declaration accepted by DIAN; Air waybill

  • سنغافورة → سويسرا غير مدروس

    المستندات العابرة: Inbound air waybill; Foreign supplier's commercial invoice; Packing list; Bar list from the foreign supplier (serials, weights, fineness, refiner); TradeNet In-Non-Payment (GST Relief) permit for IPM (declaration type GTR, place of receipt IGPM); Refinery weigh-in record; Refiner outturn statement (weigh-in, assay, fine gold credited); Singapore refiner's bar list / product certificate (serial, fine weight, fineness, hallmark); TradeNet permit for goods to/from a UNSC-sanctioned country; TradeNet export (Out) permit; Ordinary (non-preferential) certificate of origin; Outbound air waybill

Colombia [RUCOM exporter (C.I.) or authorised exploiter exporting its own production] → Singapore (refine) → Switzerland (refine) · Bank onboarding, title transfer and settlement — الأبحاث · Nelum