Small topic drift. Arguably this fits better here – Wine Tariffs discussion - NO POLITICS , but I argue that the right audience is here.
I laughed a little seeing the headline. Really? If you’re gonna smuggle at least try something fancier than beers, and good Lord, not Tsingdao ! Then I read the calculation here and couldn’t help at least feel some sympathy for that dude. $1USD per bottle of Tsingdao gotta be like 20-30% over cost at least right?
“ Under current Singapore Customs rates, beer carries customs duty of S$16 (US$12.50) per litre of alcohol and excise duty of S$60 (US$46.80) per litre of alcohol—a combined S$76 (US$59.30). Imported goods are also subject to 9% GST.
A 330-millilitre bottle of beer at 5% alcohol by volume contains about 0.0165 litres of alcohol. At the applicable rates, customs and excise duties would total about S$1.25 (US$0.98) per bottle, excluding GST.“