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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in Guinea-Bissau, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
GBI, DGA and INE: 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
GBI
GBI – Guiné-Bissau Investimentos
Promotes private investment and gives investors information on the legal framework, taxes, land and sectors, per its 2021 guide.
- Meet requirements
Customs administration
DGA
Direção-Geral das Alfândegas
Runs export clearance in the SYDONIA World system and collects the export taxes customs is responsible for.
Visit DGA (opens in a new tab)Source: Guinea-Bissau customs, export page (in Portuguese) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
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National statistics office
INE
Instituto Nacional de Estatística da Guiné-Bissau
Publishes national price indexes and older foreign trade yearbooks, and runs the national statistical system.
Visit INE (opens in a new tab)Source: INE Guinea-Bissau, published documents list (in Portuguese) (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.
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National statistics office
INE
Instituto Nacional de Estatística da Guiné-Bissau
Publishes national price indexes and older foreign trade yearbooks, and runs the national statistical system.
Visit INE (opens in a new tab)Source: INE Guinea-Bissau, published documents list (in Portuguese) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Get advice
Trade and industry ministry
Ministério do Comércio
Ministério do Comércio e Indústria
Issues the annual cashew export license and the certificate of origin, per customs and the WTO review.
Visit Ministério do Comércio (opens in a new tab)Source: Guinea-Bissau customs, export documents page (in Portuguese) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
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Regional economic community
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
Regional body
Runs the trade liberalization scheme and the common external tariff that customs applies.
Visit ECOWAS (opens in a new tab)Source: ECOWAS trade liberalisation scheme, certificate of origin guide (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Find finance
Multilateral development bank
World Bank
Multilateral body
Publishes economic updates on Guinea-Bissau that cover growth, prices, cashew exports and the outlook.
Visit World Bank (opens in a new tab)Source: World Bank, Guinea-Bissau country overview (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
GBI
GBI – Guiné-Bissau Investimentos
Promotes private investment and gives investors information on the legal framework, taxes, land and sectors, per its 2021 guide.
Business formalization center
CFE
Centro de Formalização de Empresas
Handles company creation, commercial registry and tax registration in one place for new businesses.
Visit CFE (opens in a new tab)Source: eRegulations Guinea-Bissau, company creation page (in Portuguese) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
4. Customs and tax
5 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs administration
DGA
Direção-Geral das Alfândegas
Runs export clearance in the SYDONIA World system and collects the export taxes customs is responsible for.
Visit DGA (opens in a new tab)Source: Guinea-Bissau customs, export page (in Portuguese) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
Tax authority
DGCI
Direcção Geral das Contribuições e Impostos
Issues the tax number and the cashew rural property contribution guide, and publishes tax law and forms.
Visit DGCI (opens in a new tab)Source: Guinea-Bissau tax directorate, home page (in Portuguese) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
Finance ministry
MF
Ministério das Finanças
Oversees customs, the tax directorate and public finance, and hosts their portals.
Visit MF (opens in a new tab)Source: Guinea-Bissau finance ministry, home page (in Portuguese) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
Regional central bank
BCEAO
Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
Regional body
Issues the CFA franc, sets regional foreign exchange rules and publishes monthly economic notes.
Visit BCEAO (opens in a new tab)Source: BCEAO, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
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Regional economic union
UEMOA
Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine
Regional body
Sets the customs code and common rules that apply to Guinea-Bissau as a member.
Visit UEMOA (opens in a new tab)Source: Guinea-Bissau customs, customs legislation page (in Portuguese) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
5. Standards and sector requirements
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
National cashew agency
ANCA
Agência Nacional do Caju
Issues the warehouse inspection certificate that customs advises cashew exporters to hold, as an agency of the agriculture ministry.
Visit ANCA (opens in a new tab)Source: Guinea-Bissau customs, export documents page (in Portuguese) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
Agriculture ministry
Ministério da Agricultura
Ministério da Agricultura e do Desenvolvimento Rural
Issues the plant health certificate that customs lists for cashew exports.
- Meet requirements
National standards directorate
DSNPQ
Direcção de Serviços de Normalização e Promoção da Qualidade
Serves as the national technical-barriers enquiry point, as of the WTO review.
Visit DSNPQ (opens in a new tab)Source: WTO, Trade Policy Review of WAEMU, Guinea-Bissau annex, 2017 (opens in a new tab) · as of September 14, 2017
6. Chambers and industry associations
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Chamber of commerce
CCIAS
Câmara de Comércio, Indústria, Agricultura e Serviços
Joins the yearly meetings that set the cashew cost structure, per the customs information sheet.
Visit CCIAS (opens in a new tab)Source: Guinea-Bissau customs, cashew export information sheet (in Portuguese) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
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Promote:Guinea-Bissau 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.