Doing business in Singapore for clients from Morocco
Moroccan exporters, including those in phosphates and automotive supply, deal with Asian buyers and investors. Their tax treaty with Singapore took seven years to enter into force and has applied since 2015.
Links with Asian buyers and investors
A Moroccan group may set up in Singapore to deal with Asian counterparties or to receive Asian investment into its African business. The investor will usually want familiar documents, along with governing-law and dispute clauses drafted with care. Corporate tax in Singapore is a flat 17 per cent for local and foreign companies, and GST is 9 per cent. Moroccan foreign exchange rules are for your advisers in Morocco.
Tax treaty and trade agreements
The double taxation agreement was signed on 9 January 2007, entered into force on 15 January 2014 and has effect from 1 January 2015. No free trade agreement between Singapore and Morocco 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 Morocco 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 Morocco.
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