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International Enterprise Singapore: Major International Fairs: International Enterprise Singapore spearheads the development of Singapore's external economic wing. The site provides a listing of trade shows and exhibitions that are taking place in various countries all over the world.

Singapore: Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS): This website provides useful information and resources on intellectual property (IP) laws in Singapore. The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) offers services such as patent agents that assist clients protect intellectual properties and rights. Other resources pertain to free agreements between Singapore and its partners.

Singapore: International Enterprise Singapore: International Enterprise Singapore aims to promote overseas growth of Singapore-based enterprises and international trade. The site contains a market guide, event information, news, and trade highlights for the country.

Singapore: Life and Culture: Hosted by Discover Abroad, this site is targeted to the expatriate worker. It gives practical information for working and living in Singapore. Topics covered include general and business culture, etiquette, money, housing and career issues.

Singapore: Ministry of Trade and Industry: Powered by the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry, this website offers information on the laws and regulations on the free trade agreements of Singapore. Resources on agreements such as USSFTA (United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement) and JSEPA (Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement), are available throughout the site. The site also provides the history and rules of origin pertaining to these free trade agreements. Another useful feature is a calculator that helps users compute how much in tariffs they could save based on the country the user is exporting to.

Singapore: Monetary Authority of Singapore: The Monetary Authority of Singapore is the banker and financial agent of the Government of the country.

Singapore: Singapore Business Federation: The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) defends the interests of the business community in Singapore in trade, investment and industrial relations. Internationally, SBF represents the business community in bilateral, regional, and multilateral agreements for the purpose of trade expansion and business networking. Membership is available for a fee but information such as numerous events and business opportunities can be accessed without membership.

Singapore: Singapore Business Times: Business Times, a member of the Singapore Press Holdings Group, is Southeast Asia's leading business daily. Almost all news reports and features in the print Business Times are on the Web by 3am Singapore time each day except Sunday. The news covers all of Southeast Asia with an emphasis on Singapore. A publication of the same paper, The Shipping Times, focuses on news coverage and trends in the shipping, air transport, land transport and logistics business sectors.

Singapore: Singapore Tradenet: Singapore Tradenet is published by the Singapore Customs Department of the Singaporean government. It is the world's first nationwide electronic trade documentation system that approves permit applications almost instantaneously. Contributing to Singapore's pro-business environment, this revolutionary system increases efficiency while lowering business costs for the trading community.

Singapore: Statistics Singapore: The site for the official statistics bureau of Singapore. Provides a wide array of statistical resources and data such as: GDP, external trade and manufacturing, employment, price index, etc. It also has a catalog of publications that can be ordered through the site.

Singapore: The Shipping Guide: The Shipping Guide section of The Shipping Times publication currently offers the most comprehensive shipping schedules from Singapore to many ports around the world. Also included in this resource is a shipping news section that includes logistical news from around the world.

Singapore: The Singapore Manufacturers' Federation: Formerly known as the Singapore Manufacturers' Association (SMA), the Singapore Manufacturers' Federation (SMa) is “committed to helping its members deal with key issues like productivity enhancement, research and development, technological upgrading and innovation, and worker training.” The site features available business opportunities, information on trade events and a bi-monthly newsletter.