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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in Curaçao, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
CINEX, MEO and Douane: the guide’s first stops, of the 12 organizations below.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
- Curaçao has 156,263 people, so this guide lists every national body found with evidence dated 2025 or later. Source (opens in a new tab)
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Investment and export promotion agency
CINEX
CINEX Foundation
Helps investors with permits, licenses and registration, and helps local companies prepare to export.
Visit CINEX (opens in a new tab)Source: CINEX Foundation, About CINEX page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Ministry of economic development
MEO
Ministerie van Economische Ontwikkeling
Sets trade, export and foreign investment policy, and its Minister grants the business establishment permit.
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Douane
Douane Curaçao
Takes export declarations in ASYCUDA World and registers exporters in the REX system for sales to the European Union.
Visit Douane (opens in a new tab)Source: Douane Curaçao, Registered Exporter system note (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
2. Export development and market information
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Investment and export promotion agency
CINEX
CINEX Foundation
Helps investors with permits, licenses and registration, and helps local companies prepare to export.
Visit CINEX (opens in a new tab)Source: CINEX Foundation, About CINEX page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Get advice
Netherlands government enterprise agency
RVO
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
Regional body
Runs the Support International Business subsidy that small and mid-sized companies in Curaçao can apply for.
Visit RVO (opens in a new tab)Source: Netherlands Enterprise Agency, business support in the Dutch Caribbean (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
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National statistics office
CBS
Central Bureau of Statistics Curaçao
Publishes trade, price and economic statistics for Curaçao.
Visit CBS (opens in a new tab)Source: Central Bureau of Statistics Curaçao, International Trade page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
4 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
Ministry of economic development
MEO
Ministerie van Economische Ontwikkeling
Sets trade, export and foreign investment policy, and its Minister grants the business establishment permit.
Permit counter
Vergunningenloket
Takes applications for establishment permits and work permits at one counter, in person or online.
- Get advice
Free zone operator
Curinde
Curaçao Industrial and International Trade Development Company N.V.
Runs the Harbor and Airport Free Economic Zones and two industrial parks, and guides companies through zone setup.
Visit Curinde (opens in a new tab)Source: Curinde, facilities page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Immigration and residence permit office
Toelatingsorganisatie
Toelatingsorganisatie Curaçao
Takes applications for the residence title that a foreign worker needs beside a work permit.
Visit Toelatingsorganisatie (opens in a new tab)Source: Government of Curaçao, permit counter, work permit (in Dutch) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
4. Customs and tax
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Douane
Douane Curaçao
Takes export declarations in ASYCUDA World and registers exporters in the REX system for sales to the European Union.
Visit Douane (opens in a new tab)Source: Douane Curaçao, Registered Exporter system note (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Tax authority
Belastingdienst
Belastingdienst Curaçao
Gives businesses their CRIB tax number and administers profit tax, sales tax and payroll tax.
Visit Belastingdienst (opens in a new tab)Source: Belastingdienst Curaçao, business CRIB number page (in Dutch) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
5. Standards and sector requirements
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Veterinary authority
Veterinaire Zaken
Uitvoeringsorganisatie Veterinaire Zaken
Issues international health certificates for live animals and animal products that leave Curaçao.
Visit Veterinaire Zaken (opens in a new tab)Source: Veterinary Affairs Curaçao, export of live animals page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Agriculture and fisheries service
AVB
Agrarisch & Visserijbeheer
Issues phytosanitary declarations for plants and plant products, and CITES identifications.
Visit AVB (opens in a new tab)Source: Ministry of Health, Environment and Nature, services list (in Dutch) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
6. Chambers and industry associations
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Chamber of commerce and registry
Chamber of Commerce
Curaçao Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Keeps the Commercial Register, issues certificates of origin for re-export, and advises companies that trade from Curaçao.
Visit Chamber of Commerce (opens in a new tab)Source: Curaçao Chamber of Commerce and Industry, About page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
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Promote:Curaçao 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 November 1, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.