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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in Gabon, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
Ministère du Commerce, ANPI-Gabon and DGDDI: the guide’s first stops, of the 14 organizations below.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
- Get advice
Trade ministry
Ministère du Commerce
Ministère du Commerce, des PME-PMI et de l'Entrepreneuriat des Jeunes
Runs a trade directorate that advises operators and promotes exports with other administrations.
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
ANPI-Gabon
Agence Nationale de Promotion des Investissements
Validates company creation files on the Digital Investment Window and handles entry authorizations for investors.
Visit ANPI-Gabon (opens in a new tab)Source: ANPI-Gabon, company formalities page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
DGDDI
Direction Générale des Douanes et Droits Indirects
Clears goods, charges export duties on some local goods and publishes customs procedures.
Visit DGDDI (opens in a new tab)Source: Gabon customs, missions page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
2. Export development and market information
4 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Trade ministry
Ministère du Commerce
Ministère du Commerce, des PME-PMI et de l'Entrepreneuriat des Jeunes
Runs a trade directorate that advises operators and promotes exports with other administrations.
- Research markets
National statistics office
INSTAT Gabon
Institut National de la Statistique
Publishes prices, population and a quarterly foreign trade bulletin that a company uses to size a market.
Visit INSTAT Gabon (opens in a new tab)Source: INSTAT Gabon, external trade statistics page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Research markets
Continental trade agreement secretariat
AfCFTA Secretariat
African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
Multilateral body
Publishes each member state's progress toward trading under AfCFTA tariff preferences.
Visit AfCFTA Secretariat (opens in a new tab)Source: AfCFTA Secretariat, Status of Tariff Offers, July 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Research markets
Central African economic community
ECCAS
Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique centrale
Regional body
Publishes Central African community news, publications and statistics on regional integration.
Visit ECCAS (opens in a new tab)Source: ECCAS, home page, October 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
ANPI-Gabon
Agence Nationale de Promotion des Investissements
Validates company creation files on the Digital Investment Window and handles entry authorizations for investors.
Visit ANPI-Gabon (opens in a new tab)Source: ANPI-Gabon, company formalities page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
Social security fund
CNSS
Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale
Registers private-sector employers and employees and collects social security contributions.
Visit CNSS (opens in a new tab)Source: CNSS Gabon, home page, 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
4. Customs and tax
5 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
DGDDI
Direction Générale des Douanes et Droits Indirects
Clears goods, charges export duties on some local goods and publishes customs procedures.
Visit DGDDI (opens in a new tab)Source: Gabon customs, missions page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
Tax authority
DGI
Direction Générale des Impôts
Registers businesses for tax and explains company tax duties from creation to closure.
Visit DGI (opens in a new tab)Source: Gabon tax directorate, registration, change and closure page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Central bank
BEAC
Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale
Regional body
Issues the CFA franc, sets the exchange regulation for exports and publishes regional statistics.
Visit BEAC (opens in a new tab)Source: BEAC, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
Regional economic and monetary community
CEMAC
Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale
Regional body
Publishes the community treaties, regulations and directives that apply to trade and currency in Gabon.
Visit CEMAC (opens in a new tab)Source: CEMAC Commission, regulations and directives page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
National port authority
OPRAG
Office des Ports et Rades du Gabon
Manages the ports of Owendo, Libreville and Port-Gentil and publishes port statistics.
Visit OPRAG (opens in a new tab)Source: OPRAG, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
5. Standards and sector requirements
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
National standards body
AGANOR
Agence Gabonaise de Normalisation
Develops Gabonese standards, assesses product conformity and provides metrology services.
Visit AGANOR (opens in a new tab)Source: AGANOR, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
Mines ministry
Ministère des Mines
Ministère des Mines et des Ressources Géologiques
Manages mining permits, export authorizations for non-holders, and certificates of origin for precious substances.
Visit Ministère des Mines (opens in a new tab)Source: WTO Trade Policy Review, Gabon annex, August 2023 (opens in a new tab) · as of August 16, 2023
6. Chambers and industry associations
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Timber industry association
UFIGA
Union des Forestiers et Industriels du Bois du Gabon
Represents forestry and wood processing companies with public authorities.
Visit UFIGA (opens in a new tab)Source: UFIGA, objectives and missions 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 Gabon with other countriesSet Gabon 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.
Turn this guide into your Gabon project.
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Promote:Gabon 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.