Doing business in Singapore for clients from Ghana
Gold and cocoa from Ghana reach buyers and refiners worldwide, and commodity finance is often arranged far from the mine or the farm. Singapore is one place to arrange it, under a tax treaty in effect since 2020.
Commodity trade and its finance
Ghanaian exporters and traders may consider a Singapore company for dealing with Asian buyers, supported by trade finance and by arbitration for cross-border disputes. Anti-money-laundering checks are close in trades of this kind, as the book’s sections on AML and compliance explain, and a clear chain of title for the goods helps at every stage.
Tax treaty and trade agreements
The double taxation agreement was signed on 31 March 2017, entered into force on 12 April 2019 and has effect from 1 January 2020. No free trade agreement between Singapore and Ghana among the 29 agreements Singapore has in force was found, as checked in November 2026.
Below you will find the articles written for clients from Ghana as they are published, followed by the sections of the book Singapore as an International Financial Centre. Your own lawyers advise you on the law of Ghana.
Singapore as an International Financial Centre
Singapore · Book
Singapore as an International Financial Centre — preface
Singapore · Origins
A Place on the Strait: Temasek, Singapura and the Maritime Trade of the Malay World
Singapore · Origins
The Strait of Malacca as a corridor of trade
Singapore · Origins
Temasek and Singapura in the fourteenth century: archaeology and chronicle
Singapore · Origins
Malacca, Johor and the Riau archipelago
Singapore · Origins
Portuguese, Dutch and British rivalry in the Straits
Singapore · Origins
What the pre-colonial port teaches about location and trust
Singapore · Origins
A Place on the Strait: Temasek, Singapura and the Maritime Trade of the Malay World: summary
Singapore · Origins
Raffles, the East India Company and the Free Port of 1819
Singapore · Origins
The East India Company and the China trade
Singapore · Origins
Stamford Raffles and William Farquhar
Singapore · Origins
The agreements with Sultan Hussein and the Temenggong
Singapore · Origins
The free-port principle: open to every flag
Singapore · Origins
Early growth and the first merchant community
Singapore · Origins
What 1819 means for the financial centre
Singapore · Origins
Raffles, the East India Company and the Free Port of 1819: summary
Singapore · Origins
The Treaties of 1824 and the Legal Foundations of British Singapore
Singapore · Origins
The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824
Singapore · Origins
The Treaty of Friendship and Alliance of 1824
Singapore · Origins
The Straits Settlements and the Second Charter of Justice
Singapore · Origins
The reception of English law
Singapore · Origins
Land, title and the security of property
Singapore · Origins
Practical consequences for today’s practitioner
Singapore · Origins