ACE Magazine: Issue 2 / 2016 ACE Magazine: Issue 2 / 2016 | Page 18

ASEAN COMMUNITY OF ENTREPRENEURS COVER STORY showed there are already 514 halalcertified companies. A study conducted by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry showed that the global halal market is projected to grow to US$1.6 trillion by 2018. Of this amount, halal food trade alone contributes US$630 billion. limited by guarantee that MUIS formed in 2014 to strengthen its halal inspection arm. In the same year, just over S$4 million (US$2.95 million) in income was derived from halal certification in Singapore – up from S$2.98 million (US$2.19 million) in 2013, SINGAPORE EXPERIENCE With stringent food safety and its widely recogni