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The report, released to coincide with consideration of the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement by the US Congress, details how Singapore launders illegal timber onto the world market and presents evidence of illegal shipments entering the United States. The report calls on the US and Singapore to take immediate concrete steps to halt the trade in illegal timber.

On Tuesday May 6th, 2003, President George W. Bush and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong signed the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which will significantly relax the rules governing trade between the two countries.

Singapore, the world’s busiest port and the first Asian country to sign a free trade agreement with the US, has long been known to act as a major center of illegal trade in endangered wildlife and wildlife products. This document reveals evidence demonstrating how the city-state also plays a key role in smuggling illegally cut timber into other Asian countries and the United States.

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