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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in French Polynesia, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
ADE, Customs and ISPF: the guide’s first stops, of the 15 organizations below.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
ADE
Agence de Développement Économique
Acts as a one-stop shop for investors and follows their files step by step; it also steers the Team Polynésie Export program.
Visit ADE (opens in a new tab)Source: ADE, missions page, October 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 21, 2026
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Customs
Direction régionale des douanes de Polynésie française
Runs the FENIX declaration system, approves exporter origin registrations and gives companies free advice on customs procedures.
Visit Customs (opens in a new tab)Source: Customs directorate portal home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of March 20, 2025
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Statistics office
ISPF
Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française
Publishes external trade, price and population statistics, and keeps the TAHITI number register of businesses.
Visit ISPF (opens in a new tab)Source: ISPF, external trade theme page (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.
- Research markets
Statistics office
ISPF
Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française
Publishes external trade, price and population statistics, and keeps the TAHITI number register of businesses.
Visit ISPF (opens in a new tab)Source: ISPF, external trade theme page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Central bank
IEOM
Institut d’émission d’outre-mer
Issues the CFP franc and publishes yearly economic reports and balance-of-payments figures for French Polynesia.
Visit IEOM (opens in a new tab)Source: IEOM, French Polynesia annual economic report 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of July 7, 2026
- Get advice
Regional trade and investment agency
PTI
Pacific Trade Invest
Regional body
Helps Pacific businesses become export ready and reach international markets, and promotes investment in the region.
Visit PTI (opens in a new tab)Source: Pacific Trade Invest home page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
ADE
Agence de Développement Économique
Acts as a one-stop shop for investors and follows their files step by step; it also steers the Team Polynésie Export program.
Visit ADE (opens in a new tab)Source: ADE, missions page, October 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 21, 2026
Economic affairs directorate
DGAE
Direction générale des affaires économiques
Receives foreign investment authorization and declaration files and publishes the forms and the 1996 foreign investment rules.
French State representation
High Commission
Haut-commissariat de la République en Polynésie française
Issues residence permits to foreign nationals who intend to settle or invest, after the territory’s Council of Ministers gives its view.
Visit High Commission (opens in a new tab)Source: ADE, foreign investor page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of March 31, 2025
4. Customs and tax
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Customs
Direction régionale des douanes de Polynésie française
Runs the FENIX declaration system, approves exporter origin registrations and gives companies free advice on customs procedures.
Visit Customs (opens in a new tab)Source: Customs directorate portal home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of March 20, 2025
- Meet requirements
Tax authority
DICP
Direction des Impôts et des Contributions Publiques de Polynésie française
Collects the territory’s taxes and offers online tax accounts, a tax information line and appointments with tax advisors.
Visit DICP (opens in a new tab)Source: DICP, tax directorate home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of December 24, 2025
5. Standards and sector requirements
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
Marine resources directorate
DRM
Direction des Ressources Marines
Oversees fishing, pearl farming and aquaculture, and publishes the forms and procedures for these sectors.
Visit DRM (opens in a new tab)Source: Marine resources directorate home page, September 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of September 23, 2026
Vanilla public establishment
EVT
Établissement public Vanille de Tahiti
Checks the quality and export packaging of Tahiti vanilla and issues the authorizations set by the 2021 vanilla law.
Visit EVT (opens in a new tab)Source: Government annual report sheet on the vanilla establishment (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Biosecurity authority
Biosecurity Directorate
Direction de la Biosécurité de la Polynésie française
Controls plant and animal health at the border and points exporters to each destination’s entry requirements.
6. Chambers and industry associations
4 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Chamber of commerce and industry
CCISM
Chambre de commerce, d’industrie, des services et des métiers
Runs an international service that advises expanding companies on exports, European Union networks and Business France programs.
Visit CCISM (opens in a new tab)Source: CCISM, export support page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Get advice
Employers’ federation
MEDEF Polynésie
MEDEF - Polynésie
Represents employers and publishes positions on taxation, employment and the economy.
Visit MEDEF Polynésie (opens in a new tab)Source: MEDEF Polynésie home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Get advice
Small business confederation
CPME
Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises en Polynésie française
Represents small and mid-sized employers and publishes news on rules that affect them.
Visit CPME (opens in a new tab)Source: CPME Polynésie française home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Get advice
Agriculture and fishing chamber
CAPL
Chambre de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche Lagonaire
Represents and advises farmers, livestock keepers and lagoon fishers, and runs a service that helps them sell their products.
Visit CAPL (opens in a new tab)Source: CAPL home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
7. How Promote:Global helps
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Promote:French Polynesia 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.