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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in Eritrea, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
MoTI, Investment Center and Customs Department: the guide’s first stops, of the 13 organizations below.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
- Get advice
Trade and industry ministry
MoTI
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Issues business licenses through its Business Licensing Office, and its domestic trade unit is the industrial property office.
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
Investment Center
Eritrean Investment Center
Approves investment projects and issues investor certificates, under the 1994 investment code.
Visit Investment Center (opens in a new tab)Source: Shabait, Investment in Eritrea, January 2012 (opens in a new tab) · as of January 20, 2012
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Customs Department
Takes written reports of goods before export at the customs office nearest the place of export.
2. Export development and market information
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Trade and industry ministry
MoTI
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Issues business licenses through its Business Licensing Office, and its domestic trade unit is the industrial property office.
- Find finance
Multilateral development bank
World Bank
Multilateral body
Publishes the Macro Poverty Outlook for Eritrea, with growth, inflation, debt and export structure.
Visit World Bank (opens in a new tab)Source: World Bank, Macro Poverty Outlook Eritrea, October 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
Information ministry
Ministry of Information
Publishes Shabait, the official news site that carries ministry reports and investment pages.
Visit Ministry of Information (opens in a new tab)Source: Shabait, Ministry of Information home page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
Investment Center
Eritrean Investment Center
Approves investment projects and issues investor certificates, under the 1994 investment code.
Visit Investment Center (opens in a new tab)Source: Shabait, Investment in Eritrea, January 2012 (opens in a new tab) · as of January 20, 2012
State mining corporation
ENAMCO
Eritrean National Mining Corporation
Holds the state’s stake in mining joint ventures, including 40 percent of Bisha and Zara.
Visit ENAMCO (opens in a new tab)Source: Shabait, ENAMCO on Eritrea’s mining sector, March 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of March 26, 2025
- Meet requirements
Central bank
Bank of Eritrea
Issues the foreign exchange regulations that govern investors’ foreign currency accounts and remittances.
4. Customs and tax
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Customs Department
Takes written reports of goods before export at the customs office nearest the place of export.
5. Standards and sector requirements
4 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
National standards body
Standards Institution
Eritrean Standards Institution
Sets compulsory Eritrean Standards, tests products and certifies import and export products that conform.
Visit Standards Institution (opens in a new tab)Source: Eritrea Gazette, Standards Institution Proclamation 75/1995 (opens in a new tab) · as of September 20, 1995
- Meet requirements
Agriculture ministry
MoA
Ministry of Agriculture
Runs quarantine centers that issue safety certificates for plant exports, and regulates food and agricultural inputs.
Visit MoA (opens in a new tab)Source: Shabait, Ministry of Agriculture quarantine centers, May 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of May 29, 2025
Marine resources ministry
MMR
Ministry of Marine Resources
Issues fishing licenses and regulates marine resources, with a Massawa branch that runs the fishing port.
Visit MMR (opens in a new tab)Source: Shabait, Eritrea’s marine resources, November 2017 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 11, 2017
Mining and energy ministry
MoEM
Ministry of Energy and Mines
Licenses mining through a one-stop system and lets license holders sell or export minerals without other permissions.
Visit MoEM (opens in a new tab)Source: Shabait, ENAMCO on Eritrea’s mining sector, March 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of March 26, 2025
6. Chambers and industry associations
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Chamber of commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Eritrean Chamber of Commerce
Trains entrepreneurs, for example in trade ethics for traders in the Southern region.
- Get advice
Women’s agribusiness association
Women Agro-Business Association
Eritrean Women Agro-Business Association
Supports women in value addition and packaging of food products such as honey, poultry and milk.
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Promote:Eritrea 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.