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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in the Comoros, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
CAPEX, ANPI and Customs: the guide’s first stops, of the 16 organizations below.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
Export support center
CAPEX
Centre d'Appui aux Exportations
Helps local companies reach foreign markets and organize their export supply chains.
Visit CAPEX (opens in a new tab)Source: UCCIA, export support center CAPEX page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
ANPI
Agence Nationale pour la Promotion des Investissements
Registers companies through its one-stop shop and guides investors on approvals and incentives.
Visit ANPI (opens in a new tab)Source: ANPI, services page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Customs
Direction Générale des Douanes
Handles export declarations, certificates of origin and loading orders through SYDONIA World.
Visit Customs (opens in a new tab)Source: UCCIA and OCPR, cash-crop export procedures guide (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
2. Export development and market information
6 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
Export support center
CAPEX
Centre d'Appui aux Exportations
Helps local companies reach foreign markets and organize their export supply chains.
Visit CAPEX (opens in a new tab)Source: UCCIA, export support center CAPEX page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Research markets
National statistics office
INSEED
Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques et Démographiques
Publishes monthly price indexes and national accounts for market and cost planning.
Visit INSEED (opens in a new tab)Source: INSEED, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Research markets
Continental trade secretariat
AfCFTA
AfCFTA Secretariat
Multilateral body
Provides information on the continental trade agreement, including which states are ready to trade.
Visit AfCFTA (opens in a new tab)Source: AfCFTA Secretariat, home page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Research markets
Regional trade bloc secretariat
COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Regional body
Runs the COMESA free trade area and its rules of origin.
Visit COMESA (opens in a new tab)Source: Mauritius trade ministry, Mauritius Trade Easy, COMESA page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Research markets
Regional community secretariat
SADC
Southern African Development Community
Regional body
Runs the regional community that Comoros joined in 2017.
Visit SADC (opens in a new tab)Source: SADC, Comoros member state page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Get advice
Trade support agency
ITC
International Trade Centre
Multilateral body
Runs Trade Map, a free tool on world trade flows by product.
Visit ITC (opens in a new tab)Source: ITC, Trade Map home page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
ANPI
Agence Nationale pour la Promotion des Investissements
Registers companies through its one-stop shop and guides investors on approvals and incentives.
Visit ANPI (opens in a new tab)Source: ANPI, services page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
Ministry publishing legal texts
Justice Ministry
Ministère de la Justice
Publishes the Investment Code and other official legal texts online.
Visit Justice Ministry (opens in a new tab)Source: Justice ministry, legislation and official texts (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
4. Customs and tax
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Customs
Direction Générale des Douanes
Handles export declarations, certificates of origin and loading orders through SYDONIA World.
Visit Customs (opens in a new tab)Source: UCCIA and OCPR, cash-crop export procedures guide (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
Finance ministry
Finance Ministry
Ministère des Finances, du Budget et du Secteur Bancaire
Oversees the tax and customs directorates and publishes budget and public debt data.
Visit Finance Ministry (opens in a new tab)Source: Finance ministry, directorates page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Tax authority
DGI
Direction Générale des Impôts
Collects the taxes and duties that fund the state, and is moving its services online.
Visit DGI (opens in a new tab)Source: Finance ministry, tax directorate page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
5. Standards and sector requirements
4 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
Cash-crop export office
OCPR
Office Comorien des Produits de Rente
Issues the professional card, export sticker, license and clearance for vanilla, cloves and ylang-ylang oil.
Visit OCPR (opens in a new tab)Source: UCCIA and OCPR, cash-crop export procedures guide (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Plant health and research institute
INRAPE
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, la Pêche et l'Environnement
Approves cash-crop exporters and issues the phytosanitary certificate before shipment.
Visit INRAPE (opens in a new tab)Source: UCCIA and OCPR, cash-crop export procedures guide (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Central bank
BCC
Banque Centrale des Comores
Publishes indicative rates of main currencies in Comorian francs, derived from the fixed euro rate.
Visit BCC (opens in a new tab)Source: Central bank, exchange rates against the franc (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of January 19, 2023
- Meet requirements
National standards service
CSNQ
Service de la Normalisation / Qualité (CSNQ)
Is the standards and quality service listed for Comoros under the industry and crafts directorate.
Visit CSNQ (opens in a new tab)Source: ISO, Comoros standards service listing (CSNQ) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
6. Chambers and industry associations
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
National chamber union
UCCIA
Union des Chambres de Commerce, d'Industrie et d'Artisanat des Comores
Represents private companies and runs CAPEX, the export support center.
Visit UCCIA (opens in a new tab)Source: UCCIA, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
7. How Promote:Global helps
- Compare potential export marketsSee which markets import what you sell, ranked on public trade data, and read each country before you commit.
- Check duties and document requirementsCheck the duty, the origin conditions for a preferential rate and the documents a shipment needs.
- Compare the Comoros with other countriesSet the Comoros beside other countries on investment momentum, fundamentals and trade access, before site, tax and legal work.
- Find advisors and service firmsAsk an advisory firm a scoped, paid question, or browse firms that list their own services, from legal work to logistics.
- Organize your next stepsKeep each product and market in a project, with a roadmap of steps you work through.
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Promote:Comoros is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.
Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of October 31, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.