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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in French Guiana, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
Business France, CTG and DGDDI: 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
National trade and investment agency
Business France
Helps French companies start exporting through Team France Export, and prospects and supports foreign investors setting up in France.
Visit Business France (opens in a new tab)Source: Business France, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Territorial authority
CTG
Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane
Holds the territory’s economic development powers and sets octroi de mer rates and exemptions.
Visit CTG (opens in a new tab)Source: CTG, the territorial authority’s powers (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
DGDDI
Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects
Takes export declarations, issues EORI and registered exporter numbers, and collects octroi de mer on goods in French Guiana.
Visit DGDDI (opens in a new tab)Source: French customs, exporting from an overseas department (in French) (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
National trade and investment agency
Business France
Helps French companies start exporting through Team France Export, and prospects and supports foreign investors setting up in France.
Visit Business France (opens in a new tab)Source: Business France, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Central bank agency
IEDOM
Institut d’émission des départements d’outre-mer
Publishes the annual economic report on French Guiana, with trade, price, tax and sector data.
Visit IEDOM (opens in a new tab)Source: IEDOM, French Guiana annual economic report 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of July 2, 2026
- Research markets
National statistics office
INSEE
Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
Publishes French Guiana’s population, regional accounts and monthly consumer prices.
Visit INSEE (opens in a new tab)Source: INSEE, French Guiana consumer prices, September 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 28, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
4 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
Territorial authority
CTG
Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane
Holds the territory’s economic development powers and sets octroi de mer rates and exemptions.
Visit CTG (opens in a new tab)Source: CTG, the territorial authority’s powers (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Industrial property office
INPI
Institut national de la propriété industrielle
Runs the national one-stop portal where new companies file their formalities.
Visit INPI (opens in a new tab)Source: INPI, business formalities one-stop portal (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Get advice
State representative’s office
Préfecture de la Guyane
Préfecture de la région Guyane
Handles residence permits and work authorization steps for foreign nationals in French Guiana.
- Find finance
Public development bank
AFD
Agence française de développement
Supports public and private actors in French Guiana across the territory.
Visit AFD (opens in a new tab)Source: AFD, French Guiana country page (in French) (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
DGDDI
Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects
Takes export declarations, issues EORI and registered exporter numbers, and collects octroi de mer on goods in French Guiana.
Visit DGDDI (opens in a new tab)Source: French customs, exporting from an overseas department (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Tax authority
DGFiP
Direction générale des Finances publiques
Publishes the official tax guidance, including the ZFANG profit abatement for businesses in French Guiana.
5. Standards and sector requirements
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Agriculture and food authority
DAAF Guyane
Direction de l’Alimentation, de l’Agriculture et de la Forêt de Guyane
Runs the State’s agriculture, food and forest services in French Guiana, with a section on animal and plant import and export.
Visit DAAF Guyane (opens in a new tab)Source: DAAF Guyane, animal and plant import and export (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
National standards body
AFNOR
Association française de normalisation
Coordinates French standards and represents France in European and international standards bodies.
Visit AFNOR (opens in a new tab)Source: AFNOR, standardization in France (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Get advice
Enterprise ministry directorate
DGE
Direction générale des Entreprises
Runs the dual-use goods service that licenses controlled exports and publishes the economic security guide on investment screening.
Visit DGE (opens in a new tab)Source: Directorate-General for Enterprise, dual-use export license, 2024 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 23, 2024
6. Chambers and industry associations
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Agricultural chamber
Chambre d’agriculture de la Guyane
Advises farmers in French Guiana on setting up and handing on farms, training, livestock and cutting pesticide use through Écophyto.
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Promote:French Guiana 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.