International Enterprise (IE) Singapore started as the Trade Development Board (TDB) in 1983 to promote Singapore's exports, and evolved into growing Singapore's trade and developing Singapore as a trade hub. It is the government agency driving Singapore's external economy, transforming Singapore into a thriving global trading hub, with a complete ecosystem for the energy, agri-commodities, and metals and minerals trading clusters.

For the past 30 years, IE Singapore have been spearheading the overseas growth of Singapore-based companies and promoting international trade. Today, Singapore has broken into the top 15 of trading nations, capturing more than 2% of the world's total exports.

International Enterprise (IE) Singapore will be celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2013. In celebration of this significant milestone, a set of four stamps depicting the globalisation of Singapore is released.